2024-03-29T13:54:30Zhttps://laur.lau.edu.lb:8443/oai/requestoai:laur.lau.edu.lb:10725/3342023-06-06T11:01:28Zcom_10725_2052col_10725_2060
Simulated annealing and genetic algorithms for exam scheduling. (c1997)
Tarhini, Abbas A.
Scheduling final exams for large numbers of courses and students in Liberal Arts Universities is an intractable problem. If scheduling is done manually by the
University Registrar's Office, a huge number of complaints will be raised by students
about the unfairness of the schedule. Unfairness refers to conflicting simultaneous exams, consecutive exams, or giving more than two exams on the same day. In this work, we propose a simulated annealing algorithm and a classical genetic algorithm for exam scheduling. The experimental results, using realistic data, show that simulated annealing and genetic algorithms give better exam schedules than both manual scheduling and another heuristic method, in a reasonable time. Further, these algorithms are flexible and allow giving multi-section exams at the same time and
pre-selecting certain exams.
2011-04-08
Thesis
en
http://hdl.handle.net/10725/334
https://laur.lau.edu.lb:8443/bitstream/10725/334/3/Abbas_A_Tarhini_Thesis_Redacted.pdf
81e5f301c165c9d702556e2e3b1b6cf5
https://laur.lau.edu.lb:8443/bitstream/10725/334/2/license.txt
d0b1b017acd557b38eb6eb299413f103
Simulated annealing (Mathematics)
Genetic algorithms
Examinations
https://doi.org/10.26756/th.1997.14
oai:laur.lau.edu.lb:10725/57072021-03-19T10:00:48Zcom_10725_2052col_10725_2060
Modélisation des circulations transitoire et résiduelle : application à l'estuaire de la Casamance (Sénégal)
Lahoud, Antoine
Ce travail présente une mise au point de modèles d'environnement basés sur une procédure itérative qui évolue suivant quatre étapes interdépendantes : la récolte des données qui a fourni la base indispensable au choix des processus physiques à analyser; ces derniers ont été décrits par un modèle mathématique dont les équations différentielles traitées selon la méthode de discrétisation des différences finies ont conduit à l'outil utilisé pour les simulations de divers cas de figures. La comparaison des résultats de cette dernière étape avec les données observées a permis de rendre compte de la performance de l'approche. Dans chacune des étapes précipitées, des études complémentaires se sont imposées suivant un protocole de priorités étroitement adapté à l'objectif de l'étude, au support de calcul disponible et surtout à la qualité des données récoltées. La réflexion sur les mouvements des masses d'eau dans l'estuaire de la Casamance repose sur une étude menée pas à pas qui a conduit à des modèles de traitement des circulations transitoire et résiduelle dan le milieu. Les différents choix effectués ont été justifiés à partir d'une analyse détaillée des schémas d'intégration utilisés et des propriétés numériques associées aux discrétisations spatio-temporelles des équations du mouvement.
Academie de Montpellier, Universite des Sciences et Techniques du Languedocc
2017-06-01
Thesis
en
http://hdl.handle.net/10725/5707
https://laur.lau.edu.lb:8443/bitstream/10725/5707/2/license.txt
11510c07afadf38a52a5ff1ae692f66d
https://laur.lau.edu.lb:8443/bitstream/10725/5707/3/Antoine_Lahoud_Thesis.pdf
d61b73fbb1ee8689db92a04ce1ae45e0
https://doi.org/10.26756/th.1989.5
oai:laur.lau.edu.lb:10725/57702023-02-06T07:39:27Zcom_10725_2052col_10725_2060
Henry van de Velde on rational beauty, empathy and ornament
Haddad, Elie George
This thesis explores the different aspects of Henry van de Velde's theory, through the study of his published writings of the German Period, as well as the unpublished manuscript on ornament. Henry van de Velde's writings are almost totally unknown in the English world except for a few translations such as the Werkbund counter-theses, formulated during the famous debate in the 1914 Werkbund meeting. It is therefore the primary task of this dissertation to cast some light on these works, and to establish their role in the foundation of van de Velde's theory, as well as to explore the major themes that recur throughout these writings: “rational conception”, “empathy”, “line-force”; and to establish their relation to his overall conception of the “organic” work. ^ One of my principal arguments is that van de Velde's theory of Beauty is based on the resolution of the dialectic of rational conception and empathic will, a resolution that is set into work through the role of ornament. This organic theory of Beauty provides the background that will allow a better understanding of Henry van de Velde's activities in design, especially where the role of ornament remains essential. ^ I have limited the investigation of the architectural work of Henry van de Velde to the German phase of his career which summarizes the different approaches that he took towards the problem of architectural form at that time. The investigation casts additional light on this part of his oeuvre which has been reduced in the historic surveys to the singular example of the Werkbund theater of Cologne. By drawing attention to the other projects, I hope to present a more comprehensive image of this artist who struggled to define an aesthetic conception of form that resists the elimination of the human role in the creation of artifacts, and whose efforts shows a wide range of experimentation with form.
University of Pennsylvania
2017-06-13
Thesis
en
http://hdl.handle.net/10725/5770
https://laur.lau.edu.lb:8443/bitstream/10725/5770/2/license.txt
bbdf057ac9b0ba096f7407990ff44747
https://laur.lau.edu.lb:8443/bitstream/10725/5770/3/Henry+van+de+Velde_Redacted.pdf
84ec8a7d7403fa54e7af02579bcca589
Art--History
Archictecture
https://doi.org/10.26756/th.1998.13
oai:laur.lau.edu.lb:10725/85912021-03-19T10:43:23Zcom_10725_2052col_10725_2060
The urban hub
Chamoun, Rachid G.
Beirut as a war torn city is going through a critical transformation and being
stretched between two extremes: The Western /Mediterranean and The Arabian
/Middle Eastern cultures presenting itself through multilayer of civilizations through history. It becomes necessary to understand the historical background of the country as a whole and the territorial and sectarian impacts of the various local groups within and beyond the city boundaries. Given the historical background of Beirut as a Cultural Hub subjugated into a war torn city, the question raised is how to transfer the civil war conflict lines into an URBAN HUB that can act as a catalyst generating a safer, healthier and peaceful urban life towards the resurrection of Beirut? To study the Resurrection of the city of Beirut is to transcribe and study the evolving structure of the society, the specifics of the various groups and the Engagements of human and natural processes. This project presents an inventive framework of “Urbanism by Ecological Landscape” as an interdisciplinary approach in the study of the city in which urban-biotic engagements of human and natural processes are intertwining and encompassing People, Events and Places (PEP) for healing the fractious social order of Beirut. Reconstruction may evolve economic vision through urban methods, while resurrection balances social values, ethics, norms and traditions along with urban planning methods. Henceforth, a balance of methods and ethics is needed in the planning and reconstruction of our cities. Thus, Resurrection is a certainty for this war torn city where “Beirutis were never given the chance to experience full urbanity for any substantial period of time to permit the development and appreciation of civic ties and secular interests.”
Union Institute & University
2018-10-08
Thesis
en
http://hdl.handle.net/10725/8591
https://laur.lau.edu.lb:8443/bitstream/10725/8591/1/The+urban.pdf
b41603c52d583301d9f35cb63711dd7b
https://laur.lau.edu.lb:8443/bitstream/10725/8591/2/license.txt
bbdf057ac9b0ba096f7407990ff44747
oai:laur.lau.edu.lb:10725/86122023-10-30T08:30:28Zcom_10725_2052col_10725_2060
Marie al-Khazen’s photographs of the 1920s and 1930s
Nachabe, Yasmine
Marie al-Khazen was a Lebanese photographer who lived between 1899 and 1983. Her photographs were mostly taken between the 1920s and 1930s in the North of Lebanon. They were compiled by Mohsen Yammine, a Lebanese collector who later donated the photographs to the Arab Image Foundation. Her work includes a collection of intriguing photographs portraying her family and friends living their everyday life in Zgharta. Al-Khazen seized every opportunity to use her camera to capture stories of her surroundings. She not only documented her travels around tourist sites in Lebanon but also sought creative experimentation with her device by staging scenes, manipulating shadows and superimposing negatives to produce different effects in her prints. Within the borders of her photographs, bedouins and European friends, peasants and landlords, men and women, comfortably share the same space.
Most of Marie al-Khazen's photographs, which are circulated online through the Arab Image Foundation's website, suggest a narrative of independent and determined Lebanese women. These photographs are charged with symbols that can be understood, today, as representative of women's emancipation through their presence as individuals, separate from family restrictions of that time. Images in which women are depicted smoking a cigarette, driving a car, riding horses and accompanying men on their hunting trips counter the usual way in which women were portrayed in 1920s Lebanon. The photographs can be read as a space for al-Khazen to articulate her vision of the New Woman or the Modern Girl as described by Tani Barlow in The Modern Girl Around the World. In this anthology, authors like Barlow point to the ways in which the modern girl "disregards the roles of dutiful daughter, wife and mother," in seeking sexual, economic and political emancipation.
Al-Khazen's photographs lead me to pose a series of questions pertaining to the representation of femininity and masculinity through the poses, reasoning, and activities adopted by women and men in the photographs. The questions which frame this study have to do with the ways in which notions of gender, class and race are inscribed within Marie al-Khazen's photographs.
McGill University
2018-10-10
Thesis
fr
http://hdl.handle.net/10725/8612
https://laur.lau.edu.lb:8443/bitstream/10725/8612/1/Marie.pdf
320339bda63955296e0aa5cd88adf8f8
https://laur.lau.edu.lb:8443/bitstream/10725/8612/2/license.txt
bbdf057ac9b0ba096f7407990ff44747
oai:laur.lau.edu.lb:10725/116172019-12-09T12:39:23Zcom_10725_2052col_10725_2060
Thesis
en
http://hdl.handle.net/10725/11617
https://laur.lau.edu.lb:8443/bitstream/10725/11617/1/LAUR-TOU.pdf
2ea2b257393d963982e665623aa256fd
https://laur.lau.edu.lb:8443/bitstream/10725/11617/2/license.txt
bbdf057ac9b0ba096f7407990ff44747
oai:laur.lau.edu.lb:10725/116952020-01-10T06:42:20Zcom_10725_2052col_10725_2059
WAF - Test1
Joseph, Sayah
Thesis
en
http://hdl.handle.net/10725/11695
https://laur.lau.edu.lb:8443/bitstream/10725/11695/1/151106_LAU+Libraries_Terms+of+Use+for+LAU+Repository.pdf
ef41752175cad254c836acbc542c151b
https://laur.lau.edu.lb:8443/bitstream/10725/11695/2/license.txt
11510c07afadf38a52a5ff1ae692f66d
oai:laur.lau.edu.lb:10725/136342022-07-07T06:36:46Zcom_10725_2052col_10725_2060
The Surface Decoration of an Andalusian Prayer Hall in the Madrasa al-Yusufia
Kaouk, Abir
This thesis discusses the architecture decoration of the prayer of the madrasa al-Yusufia, the first madrasa in Granada, specifically the plasterwork. The madrasa was constructed under the Nasrid Sultan Yusuf I in 1394 by the initiative of his great vizier al-Hajeb Redwan. The madrasa was considered an important cultural, religious, and educational establishment during the Nasrid dynasty. It had a significant location next to the Great Mosque of Granada and the main commercial
center of Nasrid Granada. The prayer hall, the only surviving room of the madrasa, underwent several restorations. Most of the publications focused on the cultural and religious significance of the madrasa and several studies were made on the restoration of the prayer hall. The architecture decoration of the prayer has been overlooked by scholars. This paper will focus on the plasterwork that covered the wall of the prayer hall. It will discuss the material and techniques used, the proportionality of the decorated surfaces which followed the proportional system
used by the Nasrids in the Alhambra, and the style, geometry and symmetric groups of the patterns that cover the surfaces.
Lebanese American University
2021-06-02
Thesis
en
http://hdl.handle.net/10725/13634
https://laur.lau.edu.lb:8443/bitstream/10725/13634/1/Abir_H_Kaouk_Thesis_Redacted.pdf
23a3580483c12156b7e102e3818b8d67
https://laur.lau.edu.lb:8443/bitstream/10725/13634/2/license.txt
080ec6d77e22d325ae84231dcfb55fea
Lebanese American University -- Dissertations
Dissertations, Academic
Islamic architecture -- Spain -- Granada
Islamic decoration and ornament -- Spain -- Granada
Granada (Spain) -- Religion
Granada (Spain) -- Buildings, structures, etc.
https://doi.org/10.26756/th.2022.273
oai:laur.lau.edu.lb:10725/137512023-02-06T07:42:57Zcom_10725_2052col_10725_2060
The Paintings of al-Āthār al-Bāqiya of al-Bīrūnī
Jaber, Shady
Painting in Islamic art witnessed a major development in the aftermath of the Mongol conquest in the middle of the thirteenth century. A new style matured toward the end of the fourteenth century after passing through a period of survival of pre- Mongol style, established in various places during the last fifty years of the Abbasid period, into the post-Mongol paintings. The main aspect of this development was the introduction of Chinese pictorial elements and manner of rendering into Islamic
painting.
The subject of this thesis is the paintings - twenty-five in total - in an illustrated manuscript of al-Āthār al-Bāqiya ʿan al-Qorūn al-Khāliya for Abū Rayḥān Muhammad ibn Aḥmad al-Bīrūnī. This study explores the coexistence of pre- and post- Mongol aspects that constituted a hybrid style, in light of the earlier style and the possible Chinese sources.
Lebanese American University
2021-05-26
Thesis
en
http://hdl.handle.net/10725/13751
https://laur.lau.edu.lb:8443/bitstream/10725/13751/2/license.txt
080ec6d77e22d325ae84231dcfb55fea
https://laur.lau.edu.lb:8443/bitstream/10725/13751/3/Shady_Jaber_Thesis_Redacted.pdf
5b0366933a25dd1289e043f66eb4e729
Biruni, Muhammad ibn Ahmad -- 973?-1048 -- Athar al-baqiyah -- English -- Illustrations
Islamic painting
Islamic illumination of books and manuscripts
Lebanese American University -- Dissertations
Dissertations, Academic
https://doi.org/10.26756/th.2022.175
oai:laur.lau.edu.lb:10725/139292022-08-23T06:20:08Zcom_10725_2052col_10725_2060
Public Baths Built in the Urban Centers of Syria during the Mamluk Period
Hamasni, Noura
Baths stood as one of the most significant public institutions found in Syria
during the Islamic period. It was commonly known that baths structure grew from simple Roman and Byzantine models, yet they matured the most following their implementation in different urban contexts during the Mamluk period. Public Baths, becoming an essential element in urban life, have witnessed several changes on a social, economic and architectural levels. Yet, not all aspects have been covered. This paper highlights the various aspects and factors behind the bath’s significant growth. The paper’s main focus is on the great effect that the urban context had not
only on the bath’s social and economic level but on its architectural variations in terms of plans and elevations.
Lebanese American University
2022-04-28
Thesis
en
http://hdl.handle.net/10725/13929
https://laur.lau.edu.lb:8443/bitstream/10725/13929/4/Noura_R_Hamasni_Thesis_Redacted.pdf
3b2ae304b8cc7ea5fbaeb71ba1947631
https://laur.lau.edu.lb:8443/bitstream/10725/13929/2/license.txt
080ec6d77e22d325ae84231dcfb55fea
Public baths -- Syria
Public baths -- Syria -- History -- Early works to 1800
Urban policy -- Social aspects -- Syria
Syria -- History -- 1260-1516
Lebanese American University -- Dissertations
Dissertations, Academic
https://doi.org/10.26756/th.2022.415
oai:laur.lau.edu.lb:10725/139522022-08-23T06:06:21Zcom_10725_2052col_10725_2060
The Effects of Guided Reading on Independent Reading and Reading Fluency in Primary Grades
Chamli, Yasmine
Multiple changes have been implemented in reading instructions in schools and educators and researchers constantly look for teaching strategies that would optimize their students’ reading. According to the International Literacy Association (2020), the greatest challenges in literacy include supporting English learners, supporting students reading below grade level, and teaching students how to read (ILA, 2020). The following study examines the effect of guided reading, a popular instructional reading approach that encompasses several teaching strategies used together to enhance learning in the classroom, on the two dependent variables: independent reading and reading fluency. This research follows a retrospective cohort study design over the course of three consecutive years on the same cohort from grades one to three and the research question “How does guided reading promote reading fluency and independent reading in primary grades?” guides this study. Data has been already collected for purposes other than research. The data instruments are running records and anecdotal records; the quantitative and qualitative data are analyzed to check for a causational correlation between guided reading and independent reading, and guided reading and reading fluency. Findings reveal that guided reading positively affects reading fluency and independent reading. Guided reading promotes guided reading for different reasons including scaffolding, modeling of reading strategies, and consistency in the execution of the program. Ethical considerations were taken in consideration throughout this research to protect the anonymity and confidentiality of the sample involved.
Lebanese American University
2022-03-30
Thesis
en
http://hdl.handle.net/10725/13952
https://laur.lau.edu.lb:8443/bitstream/10725/13952/3/Yasmine_Chamli_Thesis_Redacted.pdf
ab37f19384abd241c0783661dfc8fa75
https://laur.lau.edu.lb:8443/bitstream/10725/13952/2/license.txt
080ec6d77e22d325ae84231dcfb55fea
Guided reading
Fluency (Language learning)
Reading (Primary)
Lebanese American University -- Dissertations
Dissertations, Academic
https://doi.org/10.26756/th.2022.434
oai:laur.lau.edu.lb:10725/141232022-10-25T07:03:59Zcom_10725_2052col_10725_2060
Intelligent Bilateral Client Selection in Federated Learning Using Game Theory
Wehbi, Osama
Federated Learning (FL) is a novel distributed privacy-preserving learning paradigm, which enables the collaboration among several participants (e.g., Internet of Things devices) for the training of machine learning models. However, selecting the participants that would contribute to this collaborative training is highly challenging. Adopting a random selection strategy would entail substantial problems due to the heterogeneity in terms of data quality, and computational and communication resources across the participants. To overcome this problem, we present in this paper FedMint, an intelligent client selection approach for federated learning on IoT devices using game theory and bootstrapping mechanism. Our solution involves designing (1) preference functions for the client IoT devices
and federated servers to allow them to rank each other according to several
factors such as accuracy and price, (2) intelligent matching algorithms that take into account the preferences of both parties in their design, and (3) bootstrapping technique that capitalizes on the collaboration of multiple federated servers in order to assign initial accuracy value for the new connected IoT devices. Based on our simulation findings, our strategy surpasses the VanillaF selection approach in terms of maximizing both the revenues of the client devices and accuracy of the global federated learning model.
Lebanese American University
2022-08-18
Thesis
en
http://hdl.handle.net/10725/14123
https://laur.lau.edu.lb:8443/bitstream/10725/14123/1/Osama_Mohammad_Wehbi_Thesis_Redacted.pdf
f32c30d2393ddcf9a180783b9156db3b
https://laur.lau.edu.lb:8443/bitstream/10725/14123/2/license.txt
080ec6d77e22d325ae84231dcfb55fea
Machine learning -- Case studies
Game theory
Internet of things
Computational intelligence
Data privacy
Lebanese American University -- Dissertations
Dissertations, Academic
https://doi.org/10.26756/th.2022.451
oai:laur.lau.edu.lb:10725/145352023-11-09T08:39:07Zcom_10725_2052col_10725_2060
A Preliminary Catalogue of the Collection of Islamic Art
Lawand, Dana
The Collection of Islamic art held at the King Faisal Centre for Research and Islamic Studies (KFCRIS) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia features no academic museum catalogue for the permanent collection. After researching a selection of objects from the 7th to the 20th century, I chose to produce an academic museum catalogue that focuses on the broadranged, all-encompassing nature of the collection. The catalogue I have contributed classifies the objects according to dynasties and their geographical expanse, in addition is an account of the technical innovations that may be associated with the dynastic period.
Each object in the catalogue entry features a descriptive analysis in addition to identification of a similar object held in a foreign museum. My contribution highlights the potential the collection of Islamic art held at KFCRIS has in the propagation of knowledge of Islamic art.
Lebanese American University
2023-01-01
Thesis
en
Lebanese American University
http://hdl.handle.net/10725/14535
https://laur.lau.edu.lb:8443/bitstream/10725/14535/1/Dana_Lawand_Thesis_Redacted.pdf
fc1395663ec9973086e2c5900812b664
https://laur.lau.edu.lb:8443/bitstream/10725/14535/2/license.txt
080ec6d77e22d325ae84231dcfb55fea
Islamic art -- Collectors and collecting -- Saudi Arabia -- Riyadh
Islamic art -- Catalogs -- Saudi Arabia -- Riyadh
Museum publications
Lebanese American University -- Dissertations
Dissertations, Academic
https://doi.org/10.26756/th.2022.430
oai:laur.lau.edu.lb:10725/145552023-11-08T09:50:43Zcom_10725_2052col_10725_2060
The Early Representation of Nature in the Late Twelfth and Early Thirteenth Century in the Islamic Manuscripts of the Central Islamic Lands
El Balaa, Hala
The early representation of nature in the Islamic manuscripts in the period before the Mongol invasion has been often overlooked. This paper studies the early representation of nature in the late twelfth and early thirteenth century of the Islamic manuscripts of the central Islamic lands. It aims at understanding their relation to text and factors encouraging their representation, as well as their functions in addition to their stylistic and compositional analysis. The manuscripts studied are the two copies of Kitāb al-Diryāq (Paris BnF MS. Arabe 2694 and Vienna Cod. A.F.
10), the two copies of Kitāb al-Bayṭara (Cairo Dār al-Kutub- MS. Khalīl Agha F8 and Istanbul Top Kapi Sarayi Ahmet III 2115), Kitāb Na’t al-Ḥayawān (British Library Or. 2784), Materia Medica also known as Kitāb al-Ḥashāīsh fī al-Ṭibb (Aya Sofya 3703 and dispersed folios), Kalila wa Dīmna (Paris BnF 3465), three frontispieces of Kitāb al-Aghānī (Vol II and IV in Cairo, Dār al-Kutub MS. Adab 579 and Vol XX in Copenhagen, David Collection, Ar. Ms. N. 168) as well as three copies of Maqāmāt of al-Hārirī (Paris BnF 6094 and BnF 5847 and St. Petersburg C-23).
Lebanese American University
2023-01-16
Thesis
en
http://hdl.handle.net/10725/14555
https://laur.lau.edu.lb:8443/bitstream/10725/14555/3/Hala_El_Balaa_Thesis_Redacted.pdf
1938843b78683dd9a27b3ee166a528c7
https://laur.lau.edu.lb:8443/bitstream/10725/14555/2/license.txt
080ec6d77e22d325ae84231dcfb55fea
Nature in art
Islamic art -- Themes, motives
Manuscripts -- Islamic countries
Lebanese American University -- Dissertations
Dissertations, Academic
https://doi.org/10.26756/th.2022.513
oai:laur.lau.edu.lb:10725/145612023-11-08T09:08:24Zcom_10725_2052col_10725_2060
The Architectural Patronage of Ḍayfah Khātūn
Aridi, Julia
This thesis will conduct an analysis of the architectural patronage of Ḍayfah Khātūn, the queen regent of Aleppo between the years 1236 and 1243 C.E. It studies the architecture commissioned by her in light of the social and political changes in the Ayyubid Dynasty. The thesis goes on to discuss firstly Ayyubid Aleppo, secondly the architectural patronage
of the Ayyubids including female patrons, and finally the architectural patronage of Ḍayfah khātūn; which consists of two buildings in Aleppo, Madrasat al Firdaws in the Maqamāt sector and Khanqah al Farāfra in the area under the citadel. It will come to show how the architecture commissioned by her was a means to exert and assert her power and
stature. What makes her architectural patronage singular is that it is unlike prior female architectural patronage in Ayyubid Syria in terms of scale and location. Female patronage was not uncommon in the Seljuq and Ayyubid dynasties and primarily consisted of modest pious foundations and mausolea usually built at the outer edges of cities. By relying on Ayyubid historians, prior scholarship and a field visit, this thesis will show how the
architecture commissioned by Ḍayfah Khātūn was utilized to cement her power and ensure the succession of her grandson. The buildings she commissioned are distinguished in that they feature new elements in Ayyubid architecture. They are located in prominent areas of the city and are of a relatively large scale. All of this and more comes to show the
remarkable way in which Ḍayfah Khātūn was able to use architecture as a political tool to assert the power and status she attained as the queen regent of Aleppo.
Lebanese American University
2023-01-16
Thesis
en
http://hdl.handle.net/10725/14561
https://laur.lau.edu.lb:8443/bitstream/10725/14561/1/Julia_Aridi_Thesis_Redacted.pdf
481e58663ce88a4f64e0a9440e4bd3a9
https://laur.lau.edu.lb:8443/bitstream/10725/14561/2/license.txt
080ec6d77e22d325ae84231dcfb55fea
Dayfah Khatun -- Sultana of Syria -- 1185-1242
Architecture, Ayyubid -- Syria
Islamic art -- Syria
Women in art
Aleppo (Syria) -- Antiquities
Lebanese American University -- Dissertations
Dissertations, Academic
https://doi.org/10.26756/th.2022.518
oai:laur.lau.edu.lb:10725/145682023-11-09T08:50:18Zcom_10725_2052col_10725_2060
Narrative Scenes on Medieval Metalwork
Hariz, Mira
The Seljuqs are a tribe from Oguz origins who came into Central Asia from the Eurasian Steppe1. The Turkic dynasty ruled over the area from 1040 to 11942. They were known for their warfare skills, and eventually their rule spread westward through the Atabegs3. Between the 11th and 13th centuries, the region witnessed political unrest. However, art production under the Seljuqs thrived4. One of the materials of which many objects survived is metalwork. The surfaces of these objects are adorned with various decorative schemes which include, enthronement scenes, court entertainment scenes, hunting scenes, astrological symbols, vegetal motifs, and geometry. Figural representation was widespread, however the appearance of the narrative scene of Bahram Gur and Azadeh on metalwork is unprecedented. Three reasons could be attributed to this occurrence. First, the Seljuqs associated with the story of a heroic Persian King. The Seljuq military men decided to include the story of a heroic King on their metalwork as a resemblance to them. Bahram Gur is a ruler from the Sassanian period5. He is known for his hunting prowess, strength against wild animals, and military power. Second, oral traditions, and the widespread of the story of Bahram Gur facilitated the appearance of the narrative scenes on metalwork from this period. The traveling scholars, poets, artists were part of the Muslim culture, which enhanced exchange of knowledge and information. And the stories of Bahram Gur were widespread in Iran which triggered a high image production in the area6. Consequently, the oral traditions lead to the widespread of the stories of Persian Kings. Third, the appreciation of the Seljuqs of the Persian culture, may have triggered the rendering of the narrative scene of Bahram Gur and Azadeh on their metalwork. The Seljuqs were military commanders who came into Persia to defend territory7. The art produced under their rule reflected the culture of Persia. Moreover, the representation of Bahram Gur on their metalwork could indicate the appreciation of some rulers to the story of a heroic Persian Sassanian King.
Lebanese American University
2023-01-16
Thesis
en
http://hdl.handle.net/10725/14568
https://laur.lau.edu.lb:8443/bitstream/10725/14568/1/Mira_Hariz_Thesis_Redacted.pdf
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Bahram -- V -- King of Iran -- d. 438
Islamic art -- Iran
Islamic art metal-work
Seljuks -- History -- Early works to 1800
Lebanese American University -- Dissertations
Dissertations, Academic
https://doi.org/10.26756/th.2022.522
oai:laur.lau.edu.lb:10725/145972023-11-09T08:52:10Zcom_10725_2052col_10725_2060
Study Of Seljuq Textile Patterns
Al Sayegh, Samah
The Seljuqs lived a luxurious life reflected in their art and how they dressed. They built a great Empire from Mesopotamia to Iran from the eleventh to the thirteenth centuries. The Seljuqs art held a harmonical balance between ancient Persian culture, Sunni Islamic norms, and Turkish steppe tradition. Due to the scarcity of the surviving material, we have a problem in studying Seljuq textiles. However, a great wealth of visual information was left to us through the mina’i wares, since they include patterns and colors. In my research, I focused on the depiction of garment patterns in the mina’i figures, in order to reconstruct the textile patterns. The patterns were common in almost all mediums including extant textiles, architecture, metalwork, glass, and miniatures. The four main elements of Islamic art were contained in Seljuq textiles, which were illustrated in mina’i figures.
Lebanese American University
2023-01-16
Thesis
en
http://hdl.handle.net/10725/14597
https://laur.lau.edu.lb:8443/bitstream/10725/14597/1/Samah_Al_Sayegh_Thesis_Redacted.pdf
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https://laur.lau.edu.lb:8443/bitstream/10725/14597/2/license.txt
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Art, Seljuk
Decoration and ornament, Seljuk
Islamic textile fabrics
Seljuks -- History -- Early works to 1800
Lebanese American University -- Dissertations
Dissertations, Academic
https://doi.org/10.26756/th.2022.531
oai:laur.lau.edu.lb:10725/150872023-11-08T09:03:30Zcom_10725_2052col_10725_2060
The Architectural Decoration Under the Early Ghaznavids (997-1041 A.D.)
Chebat, Annabelle
Architectural decoration of the early Ghaznavids in the late tenth-early eleventh century was often approached in a set of disparate elements and fields because of the scarcity of its remaining monuments and objects. Art historical and historical literature set the ground of the present study that proposes an overview of three elements of decoration: calligraphy, geometry, and vegetal forms. This paper shows how ornamented Kufic takes shape in the way letters are ornated, linked, and extended. Echoing the scientific advancements of Baghdad, it covers the use of geometry in its various mediums as a visual element and the role vegetal motifs gains with geometric patterns. Lastly, it reveals the variety in which vegetal forms manifest; as independent elements, as complement to calligraphy and geometry, and in a beveled style. This research ultimately aims to identify the diversity that characterized these elements on early Ghaznavid architectural remains, reflecting their wider artistic context.
Lebanese American University
2023-03-09
Thesis
en
http://hdl.handle.net/10725/15087
https://laur.lau.edu.lb:8443/bitstream/10725/15087/3/Annabelle_Chebat_Thesis+_Redacted.pdf
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https://laur.lau.edu.lb:8443/bitstream/10725/15087/2/license.txt
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Decoration and ornament, Architectural -- Asia, Central
Islamic decoration and ornament -- Asia, Central
Islamic decorative arts -- Asia, Central
Ghaznevids -- History
Lebanese American University -- Dissertations
Dissertations, Academic
https://doi.org/10.26756/th.2023.588
oai:laur.lau.edu.lb:10725/151332023-11-09T10:58:03Zcom_10725_2052col_10725_2060
The Representations on the Ayyubid Gilded and Enameled Glass Beakers
Richani, Nadine
The Ayyubid gilded and enameled glass flourished and developed during the thirteenth century in Syria. The Ayyubid beakers were particularly distinctive in their decorative technique of gilding and colored enameling, and their unique form of a cylindrical body and flaring neck. They are
dispersed in books and museums’ collections, generally studied as isolated art objects. All the published and form-unique Ayyubid gilded and enameled beakers and the remaining fragments constitute the study group of this paper. The problematics of this group lie in the absence of
evidence and documentation that identifies their production date and place (or workshops). Excavations located Ayyubid glass beakers in Syria, Samsat, Turkey, and in the West.
Scholars mainly focused on the Ayyubid glass in general, analyzing the form of the glass, its production and decorative techniques, while specifically overlooking the representations on the gilded and enameled glass beakers. This paper focuses on the diverse surface decoration themes
on these beakers. They are studied within the particular Ayyubid political context, the relations between the Ayyubids and the presence of the Crusaders and local communities in Syria, and the active trade with the East and West. This study resulted in grouping them based on the following themes: figural, animal, and architectural representations, text, vegetal and floral forms, and geometric patterns, reflecting the “porous” Ayyubid atmosphere and way of life in the thirteenth century Syria.
Lebanese American University
2023-03-09
Thesis
en
http://hdl.handle.net/10725/15133
https://laur.lau.edu.lb:8443/bitstream/10725/15133/1/Nadine_Richani_Thesis_Redacted.pdf
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https://laur.lau.edu.lb:8443/bitstream/10725/15133/2/license.txt
080ec6d77e22d325ae84231dcfb55fea
Islamic glassware
Islamic art objects
Enamel and enameling
Art, Ayyubid -- Syria
Art, Medieval -- Syria
Lebanese American University -- Dissertations
Dissertations, Academic
https://doi.org/10.26756/th.2023.618