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