Art and Architecture of Islam, 650-1250

by Richard Ettinghausen and Oleg Grabar

• ISBN13: 9780300053302
• ISBN10: 0300053304
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 1992-11-25
• Publisher: Yale University Press

Summary

The Prophet's own house at Madina and the Ka'ba at Mecca, the holiest sanctuary of Islam, stand at the beginning of this unique account of the earlier treasures of Muslim art and architecture. As Islam spread, so it gave rise to masterpieces... created in centres whose names are the stuff of legend...

Table of Contents

Preface	10	(12)
Maps	12	(5)
PART ONE THE CALIPHATE
The Rise of Islam and the Artistic Climate of the Period	17	(9)
The Umayyads and their Art: 650--750	26	(49)
The Dome of the Rock	28	(7)
Early Congregational Mosques	35	(2)
The Mosques of al-Walid	37	(8)
Secular Buildings	45	(26)
The Decorative Arts	71	(4)
The Abbasid Tradition: 750--950	75	(52)
Architecture and Architectural Decoration	78	(27)
The Decorative Arts	105	(14)
The Art of the Book	119	(5)
Painting	124	(3)
PART TWO THE BREAKDOWN OF THE CALIPHATE
The Muslim West: 750--1260	127	(40)
Architecture	128	(17)
The Umayyads of Spain: 750--1009	128	(12)
North Africa and Spain: 1009--1260	140	(5)
The Decorative Arts	145	(22)
The Fatimids in North Africa and Egypt: 910--1171	167	(42)
Architecture	167	(19)
North Africa	167	(5)
Egypt until 1060	172	(8)
Egypt: 1060--1171	180	(6)
The Decorative Arts	186	(23)
Iran and Central Asia: 800--1025	209	(44)
Architecture	209	(16)
Mosques	209	(7)
Mausoleums	216	(6)
Secular Buildings	222	(3)
The Decorative Arts	225	(23)
Painting	248	(5)
PART THREE THE ELEVENTH TO THIRTEENTH CENTURIES
Architecture	253	(75)
Iran and Central Asia	256	(35)
The Monuments	256	(1)
Mosques	256	(11)
Mausoleums	267	(6)
Towers and Minarets	273	(1)
Secular Architecture	273	(5)
Materials and Techniques of Construction	278	(1)
Materials	278	(1)
Vaults and Domes	279	(5)
The Minaret, the Pishtaq, the Court with Four Iwans	284	(1)
Architectural Decoration	285	(1)
Techniques	286	(2)
Themes	288	(3)
Conclusions	291	(1)
India	291	(3)
Iraq	294	(3)
Northern Mesopotamia	297	(6)
Syria and Egypt	303	(10)
The Monuments	304	(7)
Construction and Decoration	311	(2)
Anatolia	313	(13)
The Monuments	314	(9)
Construction and Decoration	323	(3)
Conclusions	326	(2)
The Decorative Arts	328	(57)
General Remarks	328	(1)
Decorative Themes	328	(3)
Technical Complexity	331	(1)
The Turks	332	(1)
The Arts of the Book	332	(2)
Iran	334	(28)
Textiles	334	(2)
Metalwork	336	(7)
Pottery and Tiles	343	(10)
The Arts of the Book	353	(9)
Iraq and the Jazira	362	(5)
Syria	367	(14)
Woodwork	367	(3)
Metalwork	370	(3)
Pottery	373	(1)
Glass	373	(2)
Manuscript Illustration	375	(6)
Anatolia	381	(4)
List of the Principal Abbreviations	385	(2)
Notes	387	(28)
Bibliography	415	(14)
List of Illustrations	429	(10)
Index	439