| Edition |
Second edition. |
| Description |
xiii, 344 pages :: illustrations (some color), map ; 30 cm. |
| Series |
Yale University Press Pelican history of art |
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Yale University Press Pelican history of art.
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| Note |
"Some sections of this book were previously published in The art and architecture of Islam 650-1250 by Penguin Books Ltd, 1987"--T.p. verso. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [329]-335) and indexes. |
| Contents |
The rise of Islam and the artistic climate of the period -- Early Islamic art and architecture (c.650-c.1000) -- Prologue : Historical and cultural decoration -- Central Islamic lands -- Architecture and architectural decoration -- The art of the object -- The art of the book -- Conclusion -- Western Islamic lands -- Architecture and architectural decoration -- The art of the object -- The art of the book -- Conclusion -- Eastern Islamic lands -- Architecture and architectural decoration -- The art of the object -- The art of the book -- Conclusion -- Medieval Islamic art and architecture (c.1000-1250) -- Prologue : Historical and cultural setting -- Eastern Islamic lands -- Architecture and architectural decoration -- The art of the object -- The art of the book -- Conclusion -- Central Islamic lands -- The At Fatimids in Egypt, Palestine, and Syria -- Architecture and architectural decoration -- The art of the object -- The art of the book -- Conclusion -- The Saljuqs, Artuqids, Zangids, and Ayyubids in Iraq, Anatolia, Syria, Palestine, and Egypt -- Western Islamic lands -- Architecture and architectural decoration -- The art of the object -- The art of the book -- Conclusion -- The impact of Islamic art -- Islamic art and non-Muslims. |
| Subject |
Islamic art.
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Islamic architecture.
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Art, Medieval -- Islamic Empire.
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Architecture, Medieval -- Islamic Empire.
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| Added Author |
Grabar, Oleg.
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Jenkins, Marilyn, 1940-
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| ISBN |
0300088671 cloth alkaline paper |
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0300088698 alkaline paper |
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