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Sculptures of Jeddah: Twentieth-Century Sculpture in the Arabian Peninsula

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Sculptures of Jeddah: Twentieth-Century Sculpture in the Arabian Peninsula - Mater, Ahmed
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40 years ago, Jeddah mayor Mohamed Said Farsi transformed his city through an urban development scheme that placed contemporary art at its core. This was public art on a grand scale, designed 'to bring delight to the citizen, to give a sense of wonder and stir a sense of history'. Works were commissioned from the world's greatest sculptors and this book documents the restoration and relocation of some 26 major works to a new Open Air Museum. It allows the world a unique glimpse into a city not easily visited and shows Saudi ...

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Sculptures of Jeddah: Twentieth-Century Sculpture in the Arabian Peninsula 2015, Booth-Clibborn Editions

ISBN-13: 9781861543387

Hardcover