Showing posts with label photography. Show all posts
Showing posts with label photography. Show all posts
Spotorno, Carlos. "Hui Mosque: A Place of Worship for China's 'Other' Muslims." Steppe: A Central Asian Panorama, Steppe Seven, Winter 2009/10, Snapshot Section.

Spotorno's photograph here is of the interior of a contemporary Hui mosque in Xinjiang, China.  The one page text briefly describes the Hui and their mosque architecture from a Uygur perspective.  Descriptors: 2010s, architecture, China, Hui, identity, magazine, photography, photos, post-Soviet, S, Xinjiang
Brend, Barbara. "Architecture and Tilework."  In "The Last Eastern Invaders: The Mongol and Timurid Empires." In Islamic Art, 125-132. London: British Museum Press, 1991.

In addition to architectural works in Iran, this section covers, with text and images, the Shah-i-Zinda complex, the Bibi Khanum Mosque, the Gur-i Amir complex, and Ulug Beg Madrasa in Samarqand, Uzbekistan.  Descriptors: 1990s, architecture, B, chapter, photography, pre-Tsarist, Samarqand, section, Uzbekistan
Chuvin, Pierre and Gérard Degeorge. Samarkand, Bukara, Khiva. Paris: Flammarion, 2001.

This is an amazing coffee table book (photos & text) of Islamic architecture in Samarqand, Bukhara, and Khiva.

Sections: Foreward; Samarkand and Shahr-e Sabz; Bukhara; The Khwarazm and its Capitals: Old Urgench and Khiva; Appendices.  Descriptors: 2000s, architecture, Bukhara, C, coffee table, D, Khiva, photography, Samarqand, Uzbekistan.
"Architecture." In Central Asian Art, 25-59. London: Greenwich Edition, 2003.

In addition to many architectural photos, this chapter in this nice coffee table book has easy to read text describing Islamic architecture in Central Asia.  As with most works on architecture in the region, Samarqand, Bukhara, and Khiva in Uzbekistan are most represented.

Sections: Triumph of Islam; The Art of Decoration; Predominance of Religious Art; The Golden Age of the Builders; Tradition and Modernity.  Descriptors: 2000s, A, architecture, Bukhara, chapter, coffee table, Khiva, photography, pre-Tsarist, Samarqand, Uzbekistan.
O'kane, Bernard. "Iran and Central Asia." In The Mosque: History, Architectural Development & Regional Diversity, edited by Martin Frishman and Hasan-Uddin Khan, 119-139. New York: Thames and Hudson, 1994.

This is a great coffee table book with nice Islamic architecture photos.  The text is mostly historical and mainly about Iran with some comment on Central Asia and very little about western China.

Sections: Early Mosques; The Seljuq Period (eleventh-twelfth centuries); The Il-Khanid Period (1256-1353); The Timurid Period (1370-1506); Central Asia and Western China, Post-Sixteenth Century; The Musalla; The Safavid Period (sixteenth-eighteenth centuries); The Qajar Period (1779-1924); Modern Mosques.  Descriptors: 1990s, architecture, chapter, coffee table, O, photography, pre-Tsarist.
Aigine Cultural Research Center. "Traditional Spiritual Practices." In "Traditional Knowledge in Kyrgyzstan." Aigine Cultural Research Center. http://tk.aigine.kg/Default.aspx.

This is a great website which covers Kyrgyz sacred rituals and shrines in text, photos, and video.  It also contains a glossary, search box, and discussion of whether mazar visits are compatible with Islam.  To access much of the information, however, one must register with the site.

Sections: Sacred Sites; Rituals; Kyrgyzchylyk, Manaschylyk; Sacred Capacity and Medicine; Master and Apprentice.  Descriptors: 2010s, A, ethnography, Kyrgyz, Kyrgyzstan, photography, photos, RITUALS, SHRINES, SITES, video, website; religious life.
ArchNet: Islamic Architecture Community. "Digital Library." ArchNet: Islamic Architecture Community, http://archnet.org/library/.

This website contains various links to images of and publications regarding Islamic architecture. The City and Country Names section includes Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and China along with some of their cities.  Some examples include: