Colours of Arabia : the painters' garden : the architecture and murals of ʻAsīr /
Painters' garden : the architecture and murals of ʻAsīr Architecture and murals of ʻAsīr
Text and photographs by Thierry Mauger
- [Riyadh] : ASBAR, 2014.
- 288 p. : col. ill. ; 32 cm.
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.
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 decoration