Qusayr 'Amra or Quseir Amra, sometimes also named Qasr Amra (Arabic: قصر عمرة, romanized: Qaṣr ‘Amrah, lit. 'small qasr of 'Amra'), is the best-known of...

known as Qusayr Qusayr Amra, Umayyad desert castle in Jordan All pages with titles containing Qusayr Battle of al-Qusayr (2012) Al-Qusayr offensive Battle...

Umayyad Caliphate (661–750) as part of palaces and desert castles at Qusayr 'Amra, Hammam al-Sarah, Qasr al-Hayr al-Sharqi, and Khirbat al-Majfar. Shortly...

century, was a great patron of erotic art. Among the depictions of the Qusayr Amra, which were built by him, is the abundance of naked females and love...

material. Among his discoveries was the 8th-century desert castle of Qusayr 'Amra, now famous for its figurative Islamic paintings. In the process of trying...

Mosque of Damascus, and secular buildings such as the Mshatta Palace and Qusayr 'Amra. The Umayyad Caliphate was established in 661 after Ali, the son-in-law...

Archaeology of a Byzantine City - Link IV: Qusayr 'Amra". Fowden, Garth (2004). "Luxuries of the Bath". Qusayr Amra Art and the Umayyad Elite in Late Antique...

frieze. The desert palaces in Jordan and Syria (for example, Mshatta, Qusayr 'Amra, and Hisham's Palace) served the caliphs as living quarters, reception...

was mainly used for irrigation, but not exclusively, as the example of Qusayr 'Amra shows, where it was used at least in part to provide water for a royal...

British West End musical La Cava (2000). Williams, Betsy (2012-04-12). "Qusayr 'Amra". The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Drayson, "Ways of Seeing". His name...

confirmed by the decoration of the so-called "desert palaces" (including Qusayr Amra and Khirbat al-Mafjar) that have been attributed to him. He quickly attracted...

Obverse Reverse Issue Date 1⁄2 dinar 131 × 62 mm Brown Hussein bin Talal Qusayr 'Amra August 1, 1992 1 dinar 137 × 66 mm Green The Cardo in Jerash 5 dinar...

McFarland & Co. p. 263. ISBN 978-0786458394. Retrieved 29 November 2021. Qusayr 'Amra Archived 2021-11-28 at the Wayback Machine, World Monuments Fund, accessed...

fortress, so only a few of the buildings called quṣur are "desert castles". Qusayr 'Amra Qasr Azraq Qasr Hallabat Qasr Kharanah al-Muwaqqar al-Qastal Hammam al-Sarah...

'Amra, in which Mielich's drawings took up the second volume. Musil describes Mielich's reaction upon first sighting the paintings at Qusayr 'Amra: "I...

(making the arch less "blunt" and more "sharp"), from 1⁄10 of the span in Qusayr 'Amra (712-715 AD), to 1⁄6 in Hammam as-Sarah (725-730), to 1⁄5 in Qasr Al-Mshatta...

reliefs. While figural scenes were notably present in monuments like Qusayr 'Amra, non-figural decoration and more abstract scenes became highly favoured...

no. 5. p. 33. Musil, Alois (1907). Kusejr 'Amra. Vienna: K. Hiersmann. Williams, Betsy (2012-04-12). "Qusayr 'Amra". The Metropolitan Museum of Art....

the perimeter of the space at the height of 2.10 meters. Similar to Qusayr 'Amra and Hammam as-Sarah, three barrel vaults support the roof of the structure...

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(1st row) Various examples of early Umayyad paintings in Qusayr 'Amra. (2nd row) Examples of Abbasid Figural paintings from Samarra. (3rd row) Examples...

"The Painting of the Six Kings at Quṣayr 'Amrah," Ars Orientalis, Vol. 1, 1954, pp. 185-187 Fowden, G., Qusayr 'Amra: Art and the Umayyad Elite in Late...

Copy of a mural from Qusayr Amra, depicting king Roderic...

Reconquest of Spain. Longman. pp. 15–16. Williams, Betsy (2012-04-12). "Qusayr 'Amra". The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Drayson, "Ways of Seeing". Collins...

يَزِيد Amir al-Mu'minin Khalifat Allah Fresco of Walid ibn Yazid from Qusayr Amra 11th Caliph of the Umayyad Caliphate Reign 6 February 743 – 17 April...

Company. pp. 159–161. ISBN 9780393020687. "Musician and dancing woman, Qusayr Amra. Art Destination Jordan". universes.art. María Rosa Menocal; Raymond...

2016, at the Wayback Machine Educational Site: Archaeological Sites: Qusayr `Amra Archived August 26, 2016, at the Wayback Machine Hoffman, Eva R. (2008-03-22)...

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University of New York Press. ISBN 978-0-88706-810-2. Fowden, Garth (2004). Qusayr 'Amra: Art and the Umayyad Elite in Late Antique Syria. Berkeley and Los Angeles:...

Castle Montreal (castle) Montréal (castle) Wu'ayra Castle Desert castles Qusayr 'Amra Qasr al-Hallabat Qasr Azraq Qasr Al-Kharanah Qasr Al-Mshatta Qasr Al-Qatraneh...