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Khalili, Nasser D.

Title Islamic art and culture : a visual history / Nasser D. Khalili.

Imprint

Woodstock : Overlook Press, 2005.

Copies

Location	Call No.	Status
Farmington, Main Library - Adult Department	709.176 KHA	Check Shelf
Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Nonfiction	709.17671 KHA	Missing
New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction	759.5 K52	Check Shelf
South Windsor Public Library - Oversize Shelving	F709.176 K52I	Check Shelf
West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction	709.1767 KHALILI	Check Shelf

Description	186 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 38 cm
Note	Includes semi-detached compass card following p. 186.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 180-182) and index.
Summary	An oversized visual history of Islamic civilization as reflected in its fine art spans 1,200 years and surveys a range of media, from architecture and painting to silk textiles and calligraphy, in a volume that also demonstrates the relationship between Islamic artists and their western peers.
Contents	Major historical and cultural sites of the Islamic world -- Major Islamic dynasties -- Timeline of Islamic art and culture -- The history of Islamic art and culture -- The written word: calligraphy -- The word of God: Qur'ans -- Miniature painting -- Bookbinding -- Lacquer -- Pottery and ceramics -- Glass and rock crystal -- Metalwork -- Scientific instruments -- Arms and armour -- Jewellery -- Carpets and textiles -- Coins -- Architecture.
Subject	Islamic art -- History.
	Islamic architecture -- History.
	Islamic Empire -- History.
	Islamic architecture. (OCoLC)fst01730262
	Islamic art. (OCoLC)fst01730275
	Islamic Empire. (OCoLC)fst01244134
Genre/Form	History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
ISBN	1585678392
	9781585678396

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