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This book, the first of three, offers an anthology of Western descriptions of Islamic religious buildings of Spain, Turkey, India and Persia, mostly from the seventeenth to early twentieth centuries, taken from books and ambassadorial reports. As travel became easier and cheaper, thanks to viable roads, steamships, hotels and railways, tourist numbers increased, museums accumulated eastern treasures, illustrated journals proliferated, and photography provided accurate data. The second volume covers some of the religious architecture of Syria, Egypt and North Africa, while the third deals with Islamic palaces around the Mediterranean. All three deal with the impact of Western trade, taste and imports on the East, and examine the encroachment of westernised modernism, judged responsible for the degradation of Islamic styles

"Syria's monuments : their survival and destruction examines the fate of the various monuments in Syria (including present-day Lebanon, Jordan and Palestine/Israel) from Late Antiquity to the fall of the Ottoman Empire in the early 20th century. It examines travellers' accounts, mainly from the 17th to 19th centuries, which describe religious buildings and housing in numbers and quality unknown elsewhere. The book charts the reasons why monuments lived or died, varying from earthquakes and desertification to neglect and re-use, and sets the political and social context for the Empire's transformation toward a modern state, provoked by Western trade and example. An epilogue assesses the impact of the recent civil war on the state of the monuments, and strategies for their resurrection, with plentiful references and web links"--Provided by publisher

"Syria's monuments : their survival and destruction examines the fate of the various monuments in Syria (including present-day Lebanon, Jordan and Palestine/Israel) from Late Antiquity to the fall of the Ottoman Empire in the early 20th century. It examines travellers' accounts, mainly from the 17th to 19th centuries, which describe religious buildings and housing in numbers and quality unknown elsewhere. The book charts the reasons why monuments lived or died, varying from earthquakes and desertification to neglect and re-use, and sets the political and social context for the Empire's transformation toward a modern state, provoked by Western trade and example. An epilogue assesses the impact of the recent civil war on the state of the monuments, and strategies for their resurrection, with plentiful references and web links"--Provided by publisher

Contents -- Preface -- Map of France -- Introduction: Heritage and Identityin 19th Century France -- The Changing Face of 19th-century France -- Heritage, Identity, Memory -- Creating and Destroying Heritage -- Etymology -- Heritage, Identity, Patrimony -- Antiquarian, Archaeology/Archaeologist -- Chapter 1 The Early Architecture of France -- Spolia and the Persistence of Re-use -- Reuse and the Tower of Hanoi -- Prehistoric Antiquities -- Roman Sites in France -- Rome in Imperial Decline -- Theatres and Amphitheatres -- Baths and Aqueducts -- Villas, Mosaics and Sculpture -- Marble Veneer -- Cemeteries -- After Antiquity -- Merovingian Antiquities -- Later Religious Architecture -- Civic Architecture: Châteaux -- Conclusion: Preventable Destruction -- Chapter 2 The Defence of France -- The Enceintes of Late Antiquity -- Old Fortifications Cannot Satisfy New Requirements -- New Requirements: Barracks -- Le génie de la destruction: The French Military and the Defence of France -- Servitude et grandeur militaires - and boulevards -- The Génie in North Africa -- Conclusion: the Fate of Town Walls and Monuments -- Chapter 3 Technology and Change: Improved Communications -- Railways -- Map-making Military and Civil -- The Carte de France -- Roads, Canals and Bridges -- Photography -- Tourism -- Conclusion -- Chapter 4 Vandalism, Ignorance, Scholarship, Museums -- Heritage and Destruction -- Vandalism -- Preservation, Conservation, Restoration: The Dilemma -- Destruction, Resurrection and Vandalism -- Ignorance: Workmen, Administrators, Proprietors -- Administration and Destruction -- The Persistence of Vandalism -- Money, Speculators, Scholars -- Conclusion -- Chapter 5 The Organisation of Scholarship and Museums -- Archaeology and Archaeologists -- Education -- Restoration Alternatives -- Initiatives on the Ground: The Gard.

Preliminary Material -- Introduction: "The Ruins of Departed Greatness" -- 1. The Country and Its Travellers -- 2. Decline and Recycling of Ancient Settlements -- 3. Decline of the Road, Port and Transport Systems -- 4. Waterworks: Aqueducts, Fountains and Baths -- 5. Houses in Wood; Churches and Mosques in Marble -- 6. The Locals: Attitudes to Antiquities -- 7. The Demands of Modernity: Filching the Building-Blocks of the Ancient World -- 8. Classical Inscriptions: Discovery, Reuse and Treasure-Hunting -- 9. We Only Hear about Lord Elgin: Collecting -- 10. Tourism Meets Modernity in Asia Minor -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index -- Illustrations.

Syria's Monuments: their Survival and Destruction examines the fate of the various monuments in Syria (including present-day Lebanon, Jordan and Palestine/Israel) from Late Antiquity to the fall of the Ottoman Empire in the early 20th century. It examines travellers' accounts, mainly from the 17th to 19th centuries, which describe religious buildings and housing in numbers and quality unknown elsewhere. The book charts the reasons why monuments lived or died, varying from earthquakes and desertification to neglect and re-use, and sets the political and social context for the Empire's transformation toward a modern state, provoked by Western trade and example. An epilogue assesses the impact of the recent civil war on the state of the monuments, and strategies for their resurrection, with plentiful references and web links.