The art and architecture of Islam, 650-1250
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The art and architecture of Islam, 650-1250
（Yale University Press Pelican history of art）
Yale University Press, 1994, c1987
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Originally published: Harmondsworth : Penguin , 1987
Includes bibliographical notes (p. [387]-413), bibliography (p. [415]-428), and index
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Description
The Prophet's own house at Madina and the Ka'ba at Mecca stand at the beginning of this account of the earlier treasures of Muslim art and architecture from 650-1250, the history, culture and arts of the period are integrated and allowed to shed light one upon another.
Table of Contents
- Part 1 The caliphate: the rise of Islam and the artistic climate of the period
- the Umayyads and their art 650-750 - the dome of the rock, early congregational, the mosques of al-Walid, secular buildings, the decorative arts
- the Abbasid tradition 750-950 - architecture and architectural decoration, the decorative arts, the art of the book, painting. Part 2 The breakdown of the caliphate: the Muslim west 750-1260 - architecture - the Umayyads of Spain 750-1009, North Africa and Spain 1009-1260
- the decorative arts
- the Fatimids in North Africa and Egypt 910-1171 - architecture - North Africa, Egypt until 1060, Egypt 1060-1171
- the decorative arts
- Iran and central Asia 800-1025 - architecture - mosques, mausoleums, secular buildings
- the decorative arts
- painting. Part 3 The 11th to 13th centuries: architecture - Iran and Central Asia - the monuments, mosques, mausoleums, towers and minarets, secular archiecture
- materials and techniques of construction - materials, vaults and domes, the minaret, the pishtaq, the court and four iwans
- architectural decoration - techniques, themes
- India
- Iraq
- Northern Mesopotamia
- Syria and Egypt - the monuments, construction and decoration
- Anatolia - the monuments, construction and decoration
- the decorative arts - decorative themes, technical complexity, the Turks, the arts of the Book
- Iran - textiles, metalwork, pottery and tiles, the arts of the Book
- Iraq and the Jazira
- Syria - woodwork, metalwork, pottery, glass, manuscript illustration
- Anatolia.
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