Colours of Arabia : the painters' garden : the architecture and murals of ʻAsīr /
By: Mauger, Thierry
Publisher: [Riyadh] : ASBAR, 2014.Description: 288 p. : col. ill. ; 32 cm.Other title: Painters' garden : the architecture and murals of ʻAsīr | Architecture and murals of ʻAsīr.Subject(s): Mural painting and decoration -- Saudi Arabia | Decoration and ornament, Architectural -- Saudi Arabia | Color in architecture -- Saudi Arabia | Vernacular architecture -- Saudi Arabia | Color in architecture | Decoration and ornament, Architectural | Mural painting and decorationDDC classification: 751.730956914Item type | Home library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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REFERENCE | University of Wollongong in Dubai Reference | 751.730956914 MA CO (Browse shelf) | Available | T0056058 |
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Notes: Abridged version of the author's thesis entitled: Synths̈e descriptive et interprťative de l'architecture et de l'art mural vernaculaires du 'Asir (province mřidionale de l'Arabie Saoudite).
text and photographs by Thierry Mauger ; translation, Ian Monk.
Introduction -- Context -- Architectural object -- Ornamentation --
Tihama -- Hilly Tihama -- Sarat -- Arabian tableland --
Between tradition and modernity.