The Architect Antonio Lasciac (1856–1946) in the Context of Mamluk Revivalisms
Antonio Lasciac was one of the most active of European architects working in Egypt in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. His output was as eclectic as it was prolific, comprising buildings and decoration in neo‑Renaissance, neo‑Gothic and neo‑Mamluk styles. This paper focuses on of the...
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Annales islamologiques
2021
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| Sarrera elektronikoa: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Gaia: | Antonio Lasciac was one of the most active of European architects working in Egypt in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. His output was as eclectic as it was prolific, comprising buildings and decoration in neo‑Renaissance, neo‑Gothic and neo‑Mamluk styles. This paper focuses on of the origins of the motifs on his buildings decorated in Mamluk revival style, and particularly on his villa at Rafut, in Slovenia, beside the modern border of Gorizia in Italy. The paper first gives a background to the rise of the neo‑Mamluk style in Egypt before analyzing Lasciac’s contributions to it. In one of his early buildings, the neo‑Renaissance palace of Yūsuf Kamāl at Matariyya, a newly‑discovered neo‑Mamluk room is discussed. The detailed analysis of his villa at Rafut and later buildings show the unusual extent to which the decorative motifs he used were accurately based on earlier Mamluk designs, reflecting his long‑standing involvement as a board member of the Comité de conservation des monuments de l’art arabe. |
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