RT Article
T1 I "castelli del deserto" omayyadi. Analisi e confronti fra scelte architettoniche e decorative nei quṣūr e ḥammām giordani della prima epoca islamica
JF Occhialì
VO 6
SP 78
OP 90
A1 Pipino, Marta
LA Italian
PB Università della Calabria, Dipartimento di Lingue e Scienze dell’Educazione
YR 2020
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1841833290
AB This paper aims to compare different decorative patterns found in several archaeological sites in Jordan, dating back to the first century after Hijra (the Umayyad era, 661-750), more specifically, the Marwanid period. The need to control a wider, more decentralised empire from Arabia led caliphal power to create a network of buildings in the Badiya, near wadis or water sources, to control communication and trade routes. The Umayyads adopted architectural techniques from the Romano-Byzantine tradition, as well as the Oriental, developing, and renewing them in their own unique style. In addition to mentioning Jordanian hammams and the Qusur decorative scheme, this paper focuses on Qastal, Qasr al-Hallabat and Qasr al-Tuba; the analysis revolves around plaster and stone shaping techniques.
K1 Jordan
K1 architectural decoration
K1 Architecture
K1 qusur
K1 umayyad