Islamic art : architecture, painting, calligraphy, ceramics, glass, carpets / Luca Mozzati ; [translation from the Italian, D. Radzinowicz ... et al.].

By: Mozzati, LucaMaterial type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: Italian Publisher: Munich ; New York : Prestel, c2010Description: 319 p. : chiefly ill. (chiefly col.) ; 32 cmISBN: 9783791344553 (hbk.); 3791344552 (hbk.)Uniform titles: Arte islamica. English Subject(s): Islamic art -- Themes, motives | Islamic architecture -- Themes, motives | Islamic decorative arts -- Themes, motivesDDC classification: 709.1767 LOC classification: N6260 | .M6913 2010
Contents:
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.
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Translation of: Arte islamica : architettura, pittura, calligrafia, ceramica, vetri, tappeti. Milano : Mondadori arte, 2009.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 318-319).

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

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