A living Islamic city : Fez and its preservation /

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 transl...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Burckhardt, Titus (Author, Photographer)
Other Authors:	Michon, Jean-Louis (Editor), Fitzgerald, Joseph A., 1977- (Editor), Casewit, Jane, 1952- (Translator)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Language Notes:	Translated from the French.
Published:	Bloomington, Indiana : World Wisdom, Inc., [2020]
Series:	Library of perennial philosophy. Sacred art in tradition.
Subjects:	Islamic architecture > Morocco > Fès. Historic preservation > Morocco > Fès. Fès (Morocco) > Buildings, structures, etc. > Conservation and restoration.

Table of 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.