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Islamic art : architecture, painting, calligraphy, ceramics, glass, carpets / Luca Mozzati ; [translation from the Italian, D. Radzinowicz ... [et al.]]
Publication details: Munich ; New York : Prestel, c2010.Description: 319 p. : chiefly ill. (chiefly col.) ; 32 cmISBN:- 9783791344553 (hbk.)
- 3791344552 (hbk.)
- Arte islamica. English
- N6260 .M6913 2010
Contents:
Basic Principles -- The interpretation of Islamic art -- The forms of Islamic architecture -- Calligraphy: the form of the divine word -- The applied arts -- The History of Islamic Art -- The Umayyads -- The Abbasids: empire of the Caliphate -- The Mediterranean basin between the eighth and eleventh centuries: the birth of regional identity -- Central Asia between the tenth and twelfth centuries -- The Mediterranean basin between the eleventh and fifteenth centuries -- The Seljuqs -- The Ilkhanids, the Timurids, and the Khanates -- The Ottoman empire -- Persia from the Safavids to the Qajar dynasty -- The Indian subcontinent -- Principle dynasties and figures of the Islamic world.
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American University in Dubai | American University in Dubai | Oversize Books | N 6260 .M6913 2010 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Not For Loan | 5065172 |
Translation of: Arte islamica : architettura, pittura, calligrafia, ceramica, vetri, tappeti. Milano : Mondadori arte, 2009.
Translators from colophon.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 318-319).
Basic Principles -- The interpretation of Islamic art -- The forms of Islamic architecture -- Calligraphy: the form of the divine word -- The applied arts -- The History of Islamic Art -- The Umayyads -- The Abbasids: empire of the Caliphate -- The Mediterranean basin between the eighth and eleventh centuries: the birth of regional identity -- Central Asia between the tenth and twelfth centuries -- The Mediterranean basin between the eleventh and fifteenth centuries -- The Seljuqs -- The Ilkhanids, the Timurids, and the Khanates -- The Ottoman empire -- Persia from the Safavids to the Qajar dynasty -- The Indian subcontinent -- Principle dynasties and figures of the Islamic world.
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