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Qusayr 'Amra: Art and the Umayyad Elite in Late Antique Syria Volume 36

Contributor(s): Fowden, Garth (Author)

ISBN: 9780520236653

Publisher: University of California Press

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Pub Date: September 20, 2004

Dewey: 751.73095695

LCCN: 2003050133

Lexile Code: 0000

Features: Bibliography, Index, Maps

Target Age Group: NA to NA

Physical Info: 1.40" H x 9.10" L x 6.20" W ( 1.50 lbs) 424 pages

Series: Transformation of the Classical Heritage

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Description: From the stony desolation of Jordan's desert, it is but a step through a doorway into the bath house of the Qusayr 'Amra hunting lodge. Inside, multicolored frescoes depict scenes from courtly life and the hunt, along with musicians, dancing girls, and naked bathing women.

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