Islamic Art and Architecture
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Islamic Art and Architecture

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eBook - ePub

Islamic Art and Architecture

About this book

Embracing over a thousand years of history and an area stretching from the Atlantic to the borders of India and China, this is an unrivalled synthesis of the arts of Islamic civilization. From the death of the Prophet Muhammad to the present day, Robert Hillenbrand traces the evolution of an extraordinary range of art forms, including architecture, calligraphy, book illumination, painting, ceramics, glassware, textiles and metalwork. New to this edition is a chapter ranging from c. 1700 to c. 1900, a period very often neglected in books on this subject. Hillenbrand explores how recent centuries, far from being a dark age, have seen incredible artistic ferment and creativity across the Islamic world. Full-colour illustrations of masterpieces of Islamic art and architecture from Moorish Spain to contemporary Iran show the far-reaching stylistic developments as well as the recurrent preoccupations that have shaped the arts of Islam since the seventh century. With 227 illustrations in colour

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Information

Edition
2
Topic
Art
Subtopic
Art General

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. About the authors
  4. Contents
  5. Introduction
  6. Chapter 1: The Birth of Islamic Art: the Umayyads
  7. Chapter 2: The ‘Abbasids
  8. Chapter 3: The Fatimids
  9. Chapter 4: The Saljuqs
  10. Chapter 5: The Age of the Atabegs: Syria, Iraq and Anatolia, 1100–1300
  11. Chapter 6: The Mamluks
  12. Chapter 7: The Muslim West
  13. Chapter 8: The Ilkhanids and Timurids
  14. Chapter 9: The Safavids
  15. Chapter 10: The Ottomans
  16. Chapter 11: Towards Modernity
  17. Glossary
  18. Select Bibliography
  19. List of Illustrations
  20. Index
  21. Copyright