{"product_id":"9789774163562","title":"Baghdad Arts Deco: Architectural Brickwork, 1920-1950","description":"\u003cbr\u003eAn homage to the modern architectural landscape of Iraq.\u003cp\u003eDespite dictatorship, international sanctions, and the ravages of war, Baghdad endures with a surprisingly exceptional modern architectural heritage. This beautifully illustrated study reveals the splendors of early twentieth-century architecture that still stand on the streets of Iraq's capital.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom 1920 to 1950, in the process of nation-building, Baghdad was transformed into a true city built of brick, one that became the harbinger of the Arab architectural renaissance, its local traditions reinterpreted and adapted into a modern vernacular style. Caecilia Pieri's documentation foregrounds the physical reality of modern Baghdad, very different from the image that we normally receive from the media. She draws on a number of unpublished sources and documents, to present Baghdad's architecture in a historical perspective, and her striking photographs taken between 2003 and 2006 document the residential areas of the twentieth-century city, providing an unprecedented resource for historians, urban planners, and general readers interested in discovering a new face of a world capital. With essays by Rifat Chadirji, Ihsan Fethi, and Naïm Kattan.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"American University in Cairo Press, The","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47039018270960,"sku":"9789774163562","price":32.66,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9789774163562_p0.jpg?v=1763688974","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9789774163562","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}