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
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • 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