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Name: Mosque

Author: David Macaulay
Year: 2003
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History, Non Fiction, Art, Children, Picture books, Religion

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ISBNs:
9780618240340
9780547015477
0618240349
054701547X

An author and artist who has continually stripped away the mystique of architectural structures that have long fascinated modern people, David Macaulay here reveals the methods and materials used to design and construct a mosque in late-sixteenth- century Turkey. Through the fictional story and Macaulay's distinctive full-color illustrations, readers will learn not only how such monumental structures were built but also how they functioned in relation to the society they served.
As always, Macaulay has given a great deal of attention to the relationship between pictures and text, creating another brilliant celebration of an architectural wonder.