Islamic art : architecture, painting, calligraphy, ceramics, glass, carpets

This gorgeous survey of art from the Islamic world covers three continents and fourteen centuries

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mozzati, Luca (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Munich, Germany ; New York : Prestel Publication , 2010
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260 |a Munich, Germany ;   |a New York :   |b Prestel Publication ,   |c 2010 
300 |a 319 p. :   |b chiefly ill. (chiefly col.) ;   |c 32 cm. 
500 |a Translation of: Arte islamica : architettura, pittura, calligrafia, ceramica, vetri, tappeti. Milano : Mondadori arte, 2009 
500 |a Translators from colophon 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references (p. 318-319) 
505 0 |a 1. Basic Principles -- 2. The interpretation of Islamic art -- 3. The forms of Islamic architecture -- 4. Calligraphy: the form of the divine word -- 5. The applied arts -- 6. The History of Islamic Art -- 7. The Umayyads -- 8. The Abbasids: empire of the Caliphate -- 9. The Mediterranean basin between the eighth and eleventh centuries: the birth of regional identity -- 10. Central Asia between the tenth and twelfth centuries -- 11. The Mediterranean basin between the eleventh and fifteenth centuries -- 12. The Seljuqs -- 13. The Ilkhanids, the Timurids, and the Khanates -- 14. The Ottoman empire -- 15. Persia from the Safavids to the Qajar dynasty -- 16. The Indian subcontinent -- 17. Principle dynasties and figures of the Islamic world 
520 |a This gorgeous survey of art from the Islamic world covers three continents and fourteen centuries 
546 |a Translated from the Italian 
650 0 |a Islamic architecture 
650 0 |a Islamic art 
650 0 |a Islamic art   |x Themes, motives 
650 0 |a Islamic decorative arts 
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