Table Of ContentInside/Outside Islamic Art and
Architecture
Inside/Outside Islamic Art and
Architecture
A Cartography of Boundaries
in and of the Field
Edited by
Saygin Salgirli
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Contents
List of illustrations vi
List of contributors x
Introduction: Inside/Outside in and of Islamic art and architecture:
Towards a cartographical approach Saygin Salgirli 1
1 In and out of a local idiom: The story of a Siedlung in
Yenimahalle, Ankara Kıvanç Kılınç 33
2 Looking beyond the lens’ veil: Capturing the haram
(1840–90) Jorge Correia 61
3 Under-Writing Beirut-Mathaf, whose ghosts must be
summoned Jeff O’Brien 81
4 For close observation: Tilework imagery in the architecture of
Qajar Iran Friederike Voigt 99
5 Potential worlds: On representation and mimesis in late Timurid
painting (c. 1470–1500) Lamia Balafrej 129
6 A collage of projections: Exploring an Awadhi miniature painting’s
pictorial space through 3D modelling Hussein Keshani 157
7 Private and public in vernacular Space: The abandoned Nubian
villages of Bîga Bernadeta Schäfer, Fatma Keshk and Olga Zenker 185
8 Overcoming framing devices: The Ramtā Nāth Vairāgī in Mughal
painting Anjali Duhan Gulia 221
9 The ubiquitous knot: Traces of Hercules in an unknown
candleholder from the Museum of Islamic Arts in Bursa
Paschalis Androudis 253
Index 267
Illustrations
Plates
1 Courtyard of the Great Mosque, Damascus
2 Detail of the ‘Good Shepherd’ mosaic
3 Wall tile with a depiction of Bahram Gur hunting
4 The Beggar at the Mosque
5 Hussein Keshani et al. Screenshot of one-point perspective view (with
projection lines) of digital three-dimensional model interpretation of the
pictorial space of A Palace Complex with Harem Gardens with textures
6 Distribution of functions in the village of Bîga
7 Distribution of functions in the village of Balle
8 Emperor Akbar and Prince Khusrau with the Nāth-s
Figures
0.1 Map of Istanbul in Allain Manesson Mallet 2
0.2 Map of Constantinople in Christopher Buondelmonti 3
0.3 Double folio view of Tabriz in Matrakçı Nasuh 9
0.4–0.5 Views of the fortresses of Anadolu Hisarı and Rumeli Hisarı 10
0.6 Interior with Mother and Child 12
1.1–1.2 Original floor plan for the three-room, two-storey-type
houses in Yenimahalle (1950); row houses in Levent Street
built following the original floor plans 36
1.3 House no. 36 (Cingi House) and House no. 37 (1952) 40
1.4a–c The evolution of the layouts, Cingi House (1952) 42
1.5 View of the mid-rise apartment buildings that replaced
the original building stock in Yenimahalle beginning from
the 1980s 46
Illustrations vii
1.6 Floor plans for the new apartment building, second and
third floors 48
1.7 The loss of green and open spaces in between the new
apartment buildings 49
2.1 Row houses, Cairo 62
2.2 Port of Alexandria 64
2.3 Citadel of Cairo 69
2.4 Panorama of Latakia from the south 70
2.5 Street in Algiers 72
2.6 Courtyard of the Great Mosque, Damascus 73
3.1 The Good Shepherd mosaic, National Museum of Beirut 86
3.2 Preparatory sketch for Object of War by Lamia Joreige, 2013 87
3.3 Detail of the ‘Good Shepherd’ mosaic 88
3.4 View of Object of War 89
3.5 Views of Museum Square 91
3.6 Objects damaged during the Lebanese War 92
4.1 Wall tile depicting an equestrian with a falcon 104
4.2 Wall tile with a couple on horseback in a landscape 105
4.3 Wall tile with a depiction of Bahram Gur hunting 106
4.4 Wall tile with a portrait of the Sasanian king Ardeshir I 107
5.1 Sultan Sanjar and the Old Woman 130
5.2 Sultan Sanjar and the Old Woman 131
5.3 The Beggar at the Mosque 134
5.4 Figure 5.3 with a drawing of the mastar superimposed 137
5.5 Detail of Figure 5.3 140
5.6 Album page with study sheet datable to the fifteenth century 141
5.7 Page of decoupage from Sultan Husayn’s Diwan, c. 1490 146
5.8 Detail of Figure 5.3 148
6.1 Faizullah?, A Palace Complex with Harem Gardens 158
6.2 Hussein Keshani, Perspectival representation of singular
parallel projection with tilted ground plane (bird’s-eye view) 160
6.3 Hussein Keshani, Perspectival representation of singular
perspectival projection 160
6.4 Hussein Keshani. Perspectival representation of multi-parallel
projection with multiple viewpoint tilts and yaws 161
6.5 Hussein Keshani. Perspectival representation of
multi-perspectival projection with multiple viewpoint tilts
and yaws 162
viii Illustrations
6.6 Hussein Keshani. Perspectival representation of
multi-projection with multiple viewpoint tilts and yaws 163
6.7 Hussein Keshani et al. Screenshot of digital three-dimensional
model interpretation of the pictorial space of A Palace Complex
with Harem Gardens 170
6.8 Hussein Keshani et al. Plan interpretation of A Palace Complex
with Harem Gardens 171
6.9 Hussein Keshani et al. Projection lines and pseudo vanishing
points for A Palace Complex with Harem Gardens 172
6.10 Hussein Keshani et al. Screenshot of one-point perspective
view (with projection lines) of digital three-dimensional model
interpretation of the pictorial space of A Palace Complex
with Harem Gardens with textures 173
6.11 Hussein Keshani. Perspectival representation of reflected
multi-projection with various viewpoint distances and curved
viewpoint and horizon planes 173
6.12 Hussein Keshani. Identical trapezoidal prism and curved
non-identical trapezoidal prism pictorial space 175
6.13 Hussein Keshani et al. Curved non-identical trapezoidal prism
pictorial space based on 3D model without page
proportion corrections 177
7.1 The basin between the two Aswân Dams and the location of
the island of Bîga in the northern part of Old Nubia 186
7.2 Topographic map of the island Bîga 189
7.3 Overview of the village of Bîga 191
7.4 Overview of the village of Balle 192
7.5 Distribution of solid and loose roofs in the village of Bîga 195
7.6 Distribution of solid and loose roofs in the village of Balle 196
7.7 Distribution of functions in the village of Bîga 200
7.8 Distribution of functions in the village of Balle 201
7.9 Degrees of privacy in the village of Bîga 202
7.10 Degrees of privacy in the village of Balle 203
7.11 The terrace to the north of Balle 204
7.12 Northern terrace of the house BG 06 in the village of Bîga 206
7.13 Shared subsidiary area between the houses BG 09 and
BG 16 in the village of Bîga 207
7.14 Garden of the house BA 02 in the village of Balle 208
7.15 Two entrance halls of the house BG 04 in the village of Bîga 211
Illustrations ix
7.16 The inner, private courtyard of the house BG 06 in the village
of Bîga 211
8.1 Emperor Akbar and Prince Khusrau with the Nāth-s 222
8.2 The prince embarking on his journey 231
8.3 The Prince dressed as Ramtā Vairāgī escaping from
the demon 235
8.4 The union of Kunvar and Mirigāvatī 237
9.1 Bronze candleholder with Hercules Knot 254
9.2 Detail of Figure 9.1, the knot of the shaft 255
9.3 Detail of Figure 9.1, the base of the candleholder 256
9.4 Candleholders with Hercules Knot 258
9.5 Detail of Figure 9.4, shaft with Hercules Knot 258
9.6 A Byzantine (?) bronze candlestick 261
Tables
7.1 Space Functions and Their Distribution in the Houses of Village
of Bîga 197
7.2 Space Functions and Their Distribution in the Houses of Village
of Balle 199
