Islamic ornament

Author(s)

• Baer, Eva

Bibliographic Information

Islamic ornament

Eva Baer

New York University Press, 1998

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 151-156) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Explores the history and cultural context of ornamentation on Islamic architecture and artifacts from the seventh century to the later 1600s. Looking at ornamentation's motifs and defining its distinctive feature in the central Islamic lands (from Syria and Asia Minor in the west to Iran, Afghanist

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Details

• NCID: BA83809206
• ISBN:
  • 0814713297
• LCCN: 97044816
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: New York
• Pages/Volumes: xv, 160 p., [8] p. of plates
• Size: 26 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : NK1270
  • DC21 : 745.4/4917671
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Decoration and ornament, Islamic