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Style In Defence Of Islamic Architecture eBook Karl Sharro Chloe Spiby Loh

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This series is about style.

Philosopher Georg Lukacs described the style of a piece of work as the attempt to reproduce one's view of the world within it. Looked at in this way, he says, style ceases to be a formalistic category but rather, “it is rooted in content; it is the specific form of a specific content.” After all, style is not technique, but ought to convey an intention. Sociologist Georg Simmel said that style is the aesthetic attempt to provide a “unifying encompassing context”.

This series is about the content and context of style.
Undoubtedly, it will irritate and enthuse but it is intended to be a fillip for our contemporary era in which style is often equated with fashion - where style can be dismissed in order to avoid dealing with its essence. Therefore these essays are not style over substance, but the very substance of style.

The De Stijl manifesto of 1918 argued that the liberal arts should engage in a dialogue to create a new “wisdom of life”. The robustness of these essays suggests that such an ambition still resonates. Such an exchange can still appear vital and captivating.

Each Style In Defence Of… confronts us with new ideas for contemplation and critique. We hope that minds might be open to critically engage with each of these polemical bulletins. In so doing, we might reasonably formulate what we stand for. 

Style In Defence Of Islamic Architecture eBook Karl Sharro Chloe Spiby Loh

I bought this booklet on the strength of following the author on Twitter, where he shows a unique wit, combining bizarre comedy with occasional political comment. I was interested to see how he would communicate in a more sober medium. The result is a brief essay which makes compelling and well-argued points on the eclectic nature of architecture in the historical Islamic era and how it might be becoming more constrained in the present. There are also timely parallels drawn between historical Islam, which actively incorporated other cultural and religious influences into its architecture, and the intolerant and iconoclastic approach of IS in the modern era.

Two criticisms: (1) This brief work really just seems like a teaser. Hopefully the author will more fully develop these ideas in longer form. (2) If he does expand the work and its interesting ideas, supporting illustrations would be great.

Product details File Size 197 KB Print Length 14 pages Publisher Machine Books (July 7, 2016) Publication Date July 7, 2016 Sold by  Digital Services LLC Language English ASIN B01I5M4RBM

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Style In Defence Of Islamic Architecture eBook Karl Sharro Chloe Spiby Loh Reviews

I bought this booklet on the strength of following the author on Twitter, where he shows a unique wit, combining bizarre comedy with occasional political comment. I was interested to see how he would communicate in a more sober medium. The result is a brief essay which makes compelling and well-argued points on the eclectic nature of architecture in the historical Islamic era and how it might be becoming more constrained in the present. There are also timely parallels drawn between historical Islam, which actively incorporated other cultural and religious influences into its architecture, and the intolerant and iconoclastic approach of IS in the modern era.

Two criticisms (1) This brief work really just seems like a teaser. Hopefully the author will more fully develop these ideas in longer form. (2) If he does expand the work and its interesting ideas, supporting illustrations would be great.