Art And Architecture Of Islam, 650-1250; Author: Ettinghausen, Richard; Hardback; Book

Author: Ettinghausen, Richard
Edition #2; Yale University Press Pelican History of Art (Hardcover); Hardback; Book; 150 Colour Plates, 330 B&w Illustrations, 6 Maps
346 pages
Published: January 2002
Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300088671

Presents a historical survey of the period which is based on the wealth of available information and the steps which are being made towards a critical discourse on Islamic art. Presents a historical survey of the period which is based on the wealth of available information and the steps which are being made towards a critical discourse on Islamic art.A study of Islamic art and architecture, weaving together historical, political, religious, social and art-historical threads of various traditions. Within the structure the subject is divided by region, covering architecture, architectural decoration, and the art of the book and of the object.