Islamic Art and Architecture

by Hattstein, Markus; Delius, Peter

• ISBN13: 9783829025584
• ISBN10: 3829025580
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-02-01
• Publisher: Konemann

Table of Contents

General Map	6	(2)
Islam - World Religion and Cultural Power	8	(26)
Markus Hattstein
Art and Culture in the Islamic World	34	(24)
Oleg Grabar
The Mosque	44	(10)
Oleg Grabar
Science in Islam	54	(4)
Markus Hattstein
Syria and Palestine: the Umayyad caliphate	58	(30)
Volkmar Endertein
History	60	(4)
Architecture	64	(16)
Building Decoration	80	(8)
Iraq. Iran, and Egypt: The Abbasids	88	(40)
Sheila Blair
Jonathan Bloom
History	90	(4)
Architecture	94	(24)
Decorative Arts	118	(6)
Islamic Ornament	124	(4)
Tunisia and Egypt: the Aghlabids and Fatimids	128	(36)
Sibylle Mazot
The Aghlabids
History	130	(2)
Architecture	132	(8)
The Fatimids
History	140	(4)
Architecture	144	(10)
Decorative Arts	154	(4)
Fatimid Influences in Sicily and Southern Italy
History	158	(2)
Architecture and Art	160	(4)
Syria, Palestine, and Egypt: Ayyubids, Mamluks, and Crusaders	164	(42)
History	166	(6)
Almut von GladiB
The Mediterranean between East and West	172	(2)
Almut von GladiB
Architecture	174	(20)
Julia Gonnella
Viktoria Meinecke-Berg
Decorative Arts	194	(8)
Almut von GladiB
Islamic Metalwork	202	(4)
Almut von GladiB
Spain and Morocco	206	(92)
Spanish Umayyads
History	208	(10)
Markus Hattstein
Architecture	218	(50)
Natascha Kubisch
Decorative Arts	268	(4)
Almut von GladiB
The Nasrids of Granada
History	272	(6)
Markus Hottstein
The Alhambra	278	(20)
Jeus Bermuderz Lopez
The Maghreb: From Moroocco to Tunisia	298	(30)
History	300	(10)
Morkus Hottstein
Architecture	310	(12)
Natascha Kubisch
Decorative Arts	322	(2)
Natascha Kubisch
Trade and Trading Routes	324	(4)
Peter W. Schienerl
Early Empires of the East: Ghaznavids and Ghurids	328	(18)
Sheila Blair, Jonathan Bloom
History	330	(4)
Architecture	334	(8)
Decorative Arts	342	(4)
Central Asia and Asia Minor: The Great Seljuks, the Anatolian Seljuks, and the Khawarazm-Shahs	346	(40)
The Great Seljuks and the Khwarazm-Shahs
History	348	(6)
Markus Hattstein
Architecture	354	(16)
Sergej Chmelnizkij
Sheila Blair
Jonathan Bloom
Anatolian Seljuks
History and Architecture	370	(12)
Joachim Gierlichs
Decorative Arts of the Great Seljuks	382	(2)
Sheila Blair
Jonathan Bloom
Decorative Arts of the Anatolian Seljuks	384	(2)
Joachim Gierlichs
Islamic Mongols: From the Mongol Invasion to the Ilkhanids	386	(20)
Shela Blair
Jonathan Bloom
History	388	(4)
Architecture	392	(8)
Decorative Arts	400	(6)
Central Asia: The Timurids, the Shaybanids, and the Khan Princedoms	406	(46)
The Timurids
History	408	(8)
Markus Hattstein
Architecture	416	(10)
Sergej Chemelnizkij
The Arts of the Book	426	(4)
Mukkadima Aschrafi
The Shaybanids and the Khan Princedomas
History	430	(6)
Wolfgang Holzwarth
Architecture	436	(12)
Sergej Cheinizkij
Tiles as Architectural Decoration	448	(4)
Sheila Blair
Jonathan Bloom
Indian Subcontinent: From Sultanate to Mughal Empire	452	(42)
Philippa Vaughan
History	454	(10)
Architecture	464	(20)
Decorative Arts	484	(6)
The Garden as a Reflection of Paradise	490	(4)
Marianne Barrucand
Iran: Safavids and Qajars	494	(40)
History	496	(8)
Markus Hattstein
Architecture	504	(16)
Sheila Blair
Jonathan Bloom
Decorative Arts	520	(10)
Elke Niewohner
Islamic Carpets	530	(4)
Sheila Blair
Jonathan Bloom
The Ottoman Empire	534	(44)
History	536	(8)
Markus Hattstein
Architecture	544	(22)
Almut von GladiB
Decorative Arts	566	(8)
Almut von Gladifs
Islamic Calligraphy	574	(4)
Elke Niewohner
Islam in the Modern Age	578	(23)
History	580	(6)
Markus Hattstein
In Search of the Exotic East	586	(6)
Annette Hagedorn
Architecture and Art	592	(9)
Annette Hogedorn
Appendix	601	(1)
Authors	602	(4)
Bibliography	606	(5)
The Islamic Calendar/Transliteration	611	(1)
Glossary of Islamic Dynasties	612	(8)
Glossary	620	(10)
Index	630	(9)
Picture Credits	639	(1)
Acknowledgments, imprint	640