TY - BOOK AU - Irwin,Robert TI - Islamic art in context: art, architecture, and the literary world SN - 0810927101 (pbk.) : AV - N6260 .I75 1997 PY - 1997/// CY - Upper Saddle River, NJ, New York PB - Prentice-Hall, H.N. Abrams KW - Art, Islamic N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-268) and index N2 - Robert Irwin delves deep into the cultures of the Islamic world to survey the exquisite arts of painting, architecture, porcelain, enamel, manuscript illumination, metalwork, calligraphy, textiles, and more. Including 217 illustrations, 148 in full color, the book covers the earliest foundations of Islam through the brilliant high point of the 17th century ER -