Islamic art and architecture /
Henri Stierlin ; photographs by Anne and Henri Stierlin.
- London ; New York, N.Y. : Thames & Hudson, 2002.
- 319 p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 37 cm.
"From Isfahan to the Taj Mahal"--Jkt.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [316]) and index.
Pt. I. History and Art -- The Spread of the Persian Style from Isfahan to the Taj Mahal -- 1. The Rebirth of Iran -- 2. Muslims in India and Mongols in Iran -- 3. Samarqand and the Masterworks of the Timurids -- 4. The Evolution of the Mughal Style from Babur to Akbar -- 5. Architecture, Manuscript Painting and Carpets in Bukhara and under the Early Safavids -- 6. The Flowering of Safavid Iran: the Masterpieces of Isfahan -- 7. Jahangir and Shah Jahan: the Great Age of the Mughals -- 8. The Last Creations: Late Iran, the Khanate of Khiva, Aurangzeb, and the Rajputs -- Postscript: the Primacy of Architecture in the 'Persianized' World -- Pt. II. Key Monuments in the Persian Style -- The Origins of Muslim Iran: History and Culture 622-900
This album of the greatest Islamic art and architecture of Iran and India explores and celebrates cities from Tabriz to Khiva, Lahore to Sikandra. It offers a key to understanding the immense heritage left by hundreds of architects, landscape gardeners, calligraphers, miniaturists and weavers.