TY  - BOOK
AU  - Stierlin,Henri
AU  - Stierlin,Anne
TI  - Islamic art and architecture
SN  - 0500511004
AV  - N7280 .S75 2002
U1  - 709.17671 22
PY  - 2002///
CY  - London, New York, N.Y.
PB  - Thames & Hudson
KW  - Art, Iranian
KW  - Art, Mogul
N1  - "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
N2  - 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
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