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Mozzati, Luca.

Islamic art : architecture, painting, calligraphy, ceramics, glass, carpets / Luca Mozzati ; [translation from the Italian, D. Radzinowicz ... et al.]. - Munich ; New York : Prestel, c2010. - 319 p. : chiefly ill. (chiefly col.) ; 32 cm.

Translation of: Arte islamica : architettura, pittura, calligrafia, ceramica, vetri, tappeti. Milano : Mondadori arte, 2009.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 318-319).

Basic Principles -- interpretation of Islamic art -- forms of Islamic architecture -- Calligraphy: the form of the divine word -- applied arts -- History of Islamic Art -- Umayyads -- Abbasids: empire of the Caliphate -- Mediterranean basin between the eighth and eleventh centuries: the birth of regional identity -- Central Asia between the tenth and twelfth centuries -- Mediterranean basin between the eleventh and fifteenth centuries -- Seljuqs -- Ilkhanids, the Timurids, and the Khanates -- Ottoman empire -- Persia from the Safavids to the Qajar dynasty -- Indian subcontinent -- Principle dynasties and figures of the Islamic world. The The The The The The The The The The The The

ISBN: 9783791344553 (hbk.) 3791344552 (hbk.)

LCCN: 2009942605

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Islamic art--Themes, motives.
Islamic architecture--Themes, motives.
Islamic decorative arts--Themes, motives.

LC Class. No.: N6260 / .M6913 2010

Dewey Class. No.: 709.1767