Islamic arts
Islamic Arts, a comprehensive survey covering a thousand years, highlights those characteristics that connect the various arts of the Islamic lands without minimizing the differences. The book is divided into three time periods - 600-900, 900-1500 and 1500-1800 - and each section analyses architectu...
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| Main Authors: | , |
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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London
Phaidon
1997
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| Series: | Art & ideas
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Add Tag | Summary: | Islamic Arts, a comprehensive survey covering a thousand years, highlights those characteristics that connect the various arts of the Islamic lands without minimizing the differences. The book is divided into three time periods - 600-900, 900-1500 and 1500-1800 - and each section analyses architecture, the arts of the book, decorative and applied arts. Islamic Arts brilliantly captures the essence of Islamic culture. |
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| Item Description: | Includes index |
| Physical Description: | 447 pages illustrations (some colour) 22 cm |
| ISBN: | 9780714831763 071483176X |
The art and architecture of Islam 1250-1800