Author
Abdul Rahman, Muhammad Ahmed
Type
Book
Language
Arabic
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Library
Royal Danish Library
Library Asset ID
ISSN: 2356-9654
Record ID
cdi_almandumah_primary_925351
Library Location
DOAJ Directory of Open Access Journals
Notes
The nineteenth century and the first quarter of the twentieth century are an important turning point for architecture and arts in Egypt, as this period witnessed the invasion of European trends in all their forms. These trends were embodied in the artistic and architectural aspects. Egypt received the European styles that were revived in the thirteenth century AH/nineteenth, namely the Greek, Roman, Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance, Baroque, Rococo, and others. In the nineteenth century and the beginning of the twentieth century, the city of Cairo witnessed a tremendous architectural boom, as the architectural system in it changed from buildings built in the Islamic and Ottoman style to buildings that combined different importing styles. Muhammad Ali and his family after him had a prominent role in transforming the progress of architecture in Egypt in this way. He and his successors carried out some works that were considered an attempt to apply the European architectural system, and even more than that, it was an attempt to apply the Western system of life in general, but despite the dominance of European styles in this period, this was a result of the exclusivity of architects. Foreigners in the architectural arena in Egypt. However, this did not prevent the emergence of a group of foreign architects who loved Islamic art and tended to apply Islamic architectural and decorative elements in their architectural facilities. This in turn led to attempts to revive the Islamic style in the period between the last quarter of the nineteenth century and the beginning of the twentieth century. Many examples of the new Islamic style appeared, which was called the New Islamic Style, or the Islamic Renaissance Style.
Görüntüle
Majallat al-ʻimārah wa-al-funūn wa-al-ʻulūm al-insānīyah, 2016 (2), p.153-178
