TY  - BOOK
AU  - Pieri,Caecilia
TI  - Baghdad arts deco: architectural brickwork, 1920-1950 
SN  - 9789774163562
AV  - NA1468.B2 P5413 2010
U1  - 720.956747 23
PY  - 2010///
CY  - Cairo, New York
PB  - American University in Cairo Press
KW  - Architecture
KW  - Iraq
KW  - Baghdad
KW  - History
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Building, Brick
KW  - City planning
KW  - Baghdad (Iraq)
KW  - Buildings, structures, etc
N1  - First published in French in 2008 as Baghdad arts déco: architectures de brique 1920-1950; Includes bibliographical references (p. 144)
N2  - Despite 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. 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 She draws on a number of unpublished sources and documents to present Baghdad's architecture in a historical perspective, and her striking photographs taken between 2003 and 2006 document the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 Naim Kattan
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1201/2010537871-b.html
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1201/2010537871-d.html
ER  -