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003			AE-DuAU
005			20241127164043.0
008			050915s1998 xx eng d
020			_a0893818178 : _c29.95
040			_aBaker & Taylor
069			_a09987148
090			_aNK 2121 .G68 1998
100	1		_aGouverneur, Haajar. _968477
245	1	0	_aDoors of the Kingdom / _cphotographs by Haajar Gouverneur
260			_aNew York : _bAperture _c1998
300			_a93 p. : _bill. (mostly col.) ; _c32 cm.
336			_2rdacontent _atext _btxt
337			_2rdamedia _aunmediated _bn
338			_2rdacarrier _avolume _bnc
520		0	_aDoors of the Kingdom is a unique collection of photographs depicting the ancient and disappearing craft of doormaking in Arabia. The Islamic concept of hurma, or sanctity of a place of dwelling or worship, is recurrent throughout Arabic poetry and literature. The door (bab), preserver of sanctity, becomes symbolic of the boundary between public and private space, and between the profane and the sacred.
520	8	0	_aIn 1995, Haajar Gouverneur traveled throughout the Arabian Peninsula photographing each region's distinctive doorways and the remaining artisans who make them. The doors of Arabia, painstakingly hand-carved from the wood of the Al-Athel trees, Last in their exquisite variety for hundreds of years. This ancient craft, passed down from generation to generation in the central and northern regions of Saudi Arabia, is now nearly extinct. Modern materials, technology, and changing priorities threaten the continuity of the sacred and artisanal tradition of doormaking.
650		0	_aDoors _zSaudi Arabia. _929464
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