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Donald Albrecht

Doris Duke's Shangri-La

A House in Paradise: Architecture, Landscape, and Islamic Art

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This inspiring book accompanies the first traveling exhibition about Doris Duke's estate Shangri La and its influential synthesis of modernist architecture and Islamic art and design. Situated on five acres of terraced gardens and pools overlooking the Pacific Ocean and Honolulu's Diamond Head, Shangri La was the idyllic paradise of philanthropist Doris Duke, reflecting her personal passion for the art, architecture, and design of the Islamic world. The estate incorporates unique architectural features, such as carved marble doorways, jalis, and floral ceramic tiles, and the decor includes artifacts, such as silk textiles, jewel-toned chandel… Mehr

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Weitere Autoren: Mellins, Thomas / Pope, Deborah / Street-Porter, Tim / Komaroff, Linda
  • ISBN: 978-0-8478-3895-0
  • EAN: 9780847838950
  • Produktnummer: 12770691
  • Verlag: Random House N.Y.
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2012
  • Seitenangabe: 216 S.
  • Abbildungen: Farb. Abb.

Über den Autor


Thomas Mellins has organized exhibitions for many institutions and coauthored with Robert A.M. Stern an award-winning New York architecture and urbanism series. Donald Albrecht is the Museum of the City of New York's curator of architecture and design and the writer of many books. Deborah Pope is the executive director of Shangri La; Keelan Overton is the institution's curator of Islamic art; Sharon Littlefield Tomlinson is its former curator. Linda Komaroff is the Los Angeles County Museum of Art's curator of Islamic art. Tim Street-Porter is a widely published photographer and the author of numerous books.

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