Architectural Elements in Historical Building in Holy Karbala City | ||
| KARBALĀʾ HERITAGE Quarterly Authorized Journal Specialized in Karbalāʾ Heritage | ||
| Article 1, Volume 1, Issue 2, December 2014, Pages 235-259 | ||
| Author | ||
| Huda Husain Al-Fatlawy | ||
| Abstract | ||
| The present study entitled، Architectural Elements in Historical Building in Karbala City has shed light on the building styles in Holy Karbala the historical origins and references go back to the ancient Iraqi civilization together with what it cantains of the stages of architecture development all over centuries. The study has included a number of architectural elements in Karbala buildings، of which the gates which are considered the basic props in Islamic architecture with all its types whether the gates have been alike or with straight axis or with reversed axis. It also studied the open field (courtyard) and the pillars and buttresses styles together with the tiles which the Muslim artist has inspired and borrowed its types from the conical sides and shapes Iraqis invented in the Sasani Era. In addition to this the study has also focused on the other elements، the most important of which has been represented by the doorstep and its types beside the joints and archs with the geometric characteristics of high aesthetic values found in the buildings of Karbala moving to what the study has come out with، the fact that Karbala buildings have been characteristized by architectural styles of ancient historical Iraqi origins | ||
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| Architectural Elements in Historical Building in Holy Karbala City | ||
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