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Hidden in Plain Sight for Over 1000 Years

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  • Опубликовано: 12 авг 2024
  • Qusayr 'Amra is one of the Umayyad desert castles scattered around eastern Jordan. Forgotten and neglected over centuries, it challenged our understanding of Islamic art history. This is the story of the people who built it, and the ones who rediscovered it.
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    Photos by Sean Leatherbury and Agnieszka Szymanska/Manar al-Athar.
    Sources:
    al-Iṣbahānī, Abū al-Faraj ‘Alī ibn al-Ḥusayn. Kitāb al-Aghāni (1900).
    Fowden, G. Quṣayr ‘Amra: Art and the Umayyad Elite in Late Antique Syria. (London: University of California Press, 2004).
    Lawrence, T. E. Seven Pillars of Wisdom. (Subscribers’ editions, 1926).
    Musil, A. Arabia Deserta: A topographical itinerary. (New York, 1927).
    Musil, A. Arabia Petraea. (Vienna 1907-8).
    Musil, A. Ḳuṣejr ʻAmra. (Vienna, 1907).
    Musil, A. Northern Arabia. (New York 1928).
    Musil, A. The manners and customs of the Rwala Bedouins. (New York 1928).
    Learn more about Qusayr Amra's Dome at / 95723728
    00:00 Introduction
    02:05 The Umayyad Legacy
    06:04 The Rediscovery: Alois Musil’s Diary
    16:24 Decoding the Frescoes
    17:30 The Six Kings of the Earth
    18:12 The Prince
    21:22 Eroticism, Hunting, and Mythology
    24:17 Secrets of the Stars
    #arthistory #islamicart

Комментарии • 32

  • @ArtandContext
    @ArtandContext  7 месяцев назад +11

    Thanks for watching! Please do comment, like, subscribe, and activate the notification bell-it helps a lot.
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    • @gaslitworldf.melissab2897
      @gaslitworldf.melissab2897 6 месяцев назад +1

      It's amazing that such a wealth of pre-Islamic art depicts the human form and seems to depict the human condition with candor, vivid color and imagination.

  • @jablawii
    @jablawii 7 месяцев назад +42

    I'm From Jordan, and my house is 10 minutes away from the palace haha,
    I love your content, I was excited to see this video from you!
    I've been to the palace more than 20 times, you've done a wonderful job portraying its story, thank you

    • @N1ghthavvk
      @N1ghthavvk 7 месяцев назад +5

      What an incredible coincidence that you've found this video! Hope you're well.

    • @ArtandContext
      @ArtandContext  7 месяцев назад +8

      That is absolutely amazing. thanks for commenting!

  • @Empire-Builders
    @Empire-Builders 7 месяцев назад +12

    Your visuals are on another level. Keep doing what you're doing!

  • @markp44288
    @markp44288 7 месяцев назад +11

    That domed ceiling might be an astrological chart of the prince's horoscope.

  • @andersonic
    @andersonic 7 месяцев назад +6

    This is just incredible. I don't think anyone is presenting art and history like you are.

  • @cutefidgety
    @cutefidgety 2 месяца назад +3

    Thank you for the EXCELLENT work! I came here from your Chinese emperors video. Please keep it up and look forward to seeing more

  • @GH-ue5xk
    @GH-ue5xk 7 месяцев назад +2

    I learn about something new with every one of your videos, great to see someone who covers lesser known topics in such a high quality way!

  • @virgyvirgil
    @virgyvirgil 7 месяцев назад +6

    you are such a great story teller love this channel

  • @javier2653
    @javier2653 7 месяцев назад +4

    Good creation, a story of artistic mystery that is surprising.

  • @massimosquecco8956
    @massimosquecco8956 2 месяца назад

    So glad I've found your channel! I hope you will productive as much as possible...

  • @MrMd2b
    @MrMd2b 2 месяца назад

    So glad to discover your content.

  • @user-dg1zt9dt2j
    @user-dg1zt9dt2j 7 месяцев назад +2

    Sono felice di aver scoperto questo bellissimo video. Bravo!! Complimenti!!

  • @dziban303
    @dziban303 7 месяцев назад +3

    This channel rules

  • @jake2169
    @jake2169 7 месяцев назад

    Another amazing video! Excited to see your topics going forward

  • @VolkorelArgili
    @VolkorelArgili 4 месяца назад

    I love your videos so much, please continue making them - Your editing, research and narration all goes perfectly.

  • @electra424
    @electra424 7 месяцев назад +1

    Great video, please keep them coming!!

  • @Merapsco
    @Merapsco 7 месяцев назад +4

    Amazing

  • @laurarubiolopez6434
    @laurarubiolopez6434 7 месяцев назад +2

    Amazing video! Great job!

  • @markt8597
    @markt8597 2 месяца назад

    Another day, another banger. Please continue making videos!

  • @celiadelosreyespuga3690
    @celiadelosreyespuga3690 7 месяцев назад +2

    great vid

  • @nadyan9525
    @nadyan9525 5 месяцев назад

    This is absolutely excellent! I love the sense of mystery your description created at the beginning.
    Just one note - the celestial map converged on Thuban in the constellation Draco, because around 2,600 BCE that was the North Star, not Polaris as it is now, due to precession.
    As for WHY use a star chart that was already ancient by the time this was built.....??

  • @bilianazaharieva2006
    @bilianazaharieva2006 7 месяцев назад

    Nice video

  • @gaslitworldf.melissab2897
    @gaslitworldf.melissab2897 6 месяцев назад +1

    Aha. "no centralized authority" Perhaps that explains the pervasive tribalism of the region (until now) and the fractured practice of the regional faith. I only learned recently that there really is no orthodox Islam (except as seen by Saudis). Tribalism and ancestral traditions hold sway, particularly in rural areas.

  • @leahcim38
    @leahcim38 2 месяца назад

    Six kings you say hmmmm. VIking (v + I =6) kings. Or the kings of the six pointed star? So many six.

  • @shamalak4820
    @shamalak4820 Месяц назад

    I've questioned and wondered about this for quite some time. As the Islamic Caliphates swept through the Levant to the west and Mesopotamian to the east, they incorporated many cultural and artistic elements from the conquered great civilizations, particularly Romans and Persian, synthesizing it into new distinct forms of Islamic culture and arts. But in its development it's leaning more into the Persian sphere of influence, notably since the Abbasids period onwards which sparks the Persian revival until it (Persian Influences) spreads reaching almost any Islamic World. Even dominating in the era of great pre-modern Islamic powers of the Ottomans, Safavid, Mughal, and many others. The Persian cultural influences are inseparable to many dynasties and great Islamic civilization.
    But what if, instead of leaning towards the eastern sphere they shifted into the west (the Roman), developing the cultural and arts from the conquered bases in the Levant, Syria, Anatolia, and Egypt. And when I just wandered around in fantasy, I was reminded about the Umayyads. Among the early great caliphates that have quite a short time span, often shadowed by the righteous Rashidun and golden age of Abbasids. And when I tried to find more about their cultural and artistic sides, I found your video

  • @tipfam8037
    @tipfam8037 7 месяцев назад

    Why was SOME of the art of white skin and red haired peoples? reminds me of some old art of Genghis khan, just curious

    • @Man_663
      @Man_663 3 месяца назад +1

      The real drawing clearly depicts the six kings and the fresco of Al-Walid II as having olive skin and dark hair, but the recreation of the six kings' fresco depicts them as having a pale skin tone and lighter hair, for some reason. However, to answer your question, yes, there were some Umayyad caliphs who would have been white passing. Marwan II was described as being pale, and he was also described as having blue eyes.

    • @Samuil-iq6eb
      @Samuil-iq6eb 2 месяца назад

      ​@@Man_663 Arabs are white lmao, boso.