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A living Islamic city : Fez and its preservation

Title
A living Islamic city : Fez and its preservation / Titus Burckhardt, with photographs and drawings by the author ; edited by Jean-Louis Michon & Joseph A. Fitzgerald ; translated by Jane Casewit.
Author
Burckhardt, Titus
Publication
Bloomington, Indiana : World Wisdom, Inc., [2020]

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Additional Authors
  • Michon, Jean-Louis
  • Fitzgerald, Joseph A., 1977-
  • Casewit, Jane, 1952-
Description
xix, 80 pages : illustrations (some color), maps; 26 cm.
Summary
"The Moroccan city of Fez, founded in the ninth century CE, is one of the most precious urban jewels of Islamic civilization. For more than 40 years Titus Burckhardt worked to document and preserve the artistic and architectural heritage of Fez in particular and Morocco in general. These newly translated lectures, delivered while Burckhardt was living and working in Fez, explore how the historic city can be preserved without turning it from a living organism into a dead museum-city, and how it can be adapted and updated using the values that gave birth to the city and its way of life. Aided by photographs and sketches made during the course of his lifetime, Burckhardt conveys what it means to be a living Islamic city"--
Series Statement
Library of Perennial Philosophy. Sacred art in tradition
Uniform Title
Library of perennial philosophy. Sacred art in tradition.
Subject
  • Islamic architecture > Morocco > Fès
  • Historic preservation > Morocco > Fès
  • Historic preservation
  • Islamic architecture
  • Fès (Morocco) > Buildings, structures, etc. > Conservation and restoration
  • Morocco > Fès
Note
  • Translated from the French.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Foreword by Joseph A. Fitzgerald -- Introduction by Jean-Louis Michon -- I. A Model City -- Constants of Arabo-Islamic Urbanism -- Saving the Medina -- II. A Living Heritage -- Permanent Values of Maghribi Art -- Traditional Craftsmanship: Its Nature and Destiny -- Appendix I: Sanctuaries of the Medina -- Appendix II: Key Thoughts.
Call Number
NA1590.2.F47
ISBN
  • 9781936597666
  • 1936597667
  • 9781936597673 (canceled/invalid)
LCCN
  • 2020004462
  • 40030077301
OCLC
  • on1129924286
  • 1129924286
  • SCSB-14626933
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries