Qusayr 'Amra

Art and the Umayyad Elite in Late Antique Syria

Garth Fowden

Figure 25. Qusayr 'Amra, hall, general view from east to west; on soffit of east arch (foreground): decorative women and medallion (fresco). Oronoz Fot¬ógrafos, Madrid.

Reprinted from Qusayr 'Amra: Art and the Umayyad Elite, published by the University of California Press in 2004. Not to be reproduced without permission of copyright holder.