Secrets of the Umayyad Desert Palaces
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 16 พ.ค. 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).
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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
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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.
Your visuals are on another level. Keep doing what you're doing!
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
What an incredible coincidence that you've found this video! Hope you're well.
That is absolutely amazing. thanks for commenting!
That domed ceiling might be an astrological chart of the prince's horoscope.
This is just incredible. I don't think anyone is presenting art and history like you are.
This channel rules
I love your videos so much, please continue making them - Your editing, research and narration all goes perfectly.
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!
Good creation, a story of artistic mystery that is surprising.
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.....??
you are such a great story teller love this channel
Sono felice di aver scoperto questo bellissimo video. Bravo!! Complimenti!!
Amazing
Amazing video! Great job!
great vid
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Another amazing video! Excited to see your topics going forward
Nice video
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.
Why was SOME of the art of white skin and red haired peoples? reminds me of some old art of Genghis khan, just curious
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.