Islamic Art & Architecture (World of Art)

by Hillenbrand, Robert

• ISBN13: 9780500203057
• ISBN10: 0500203059
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-01-17
• Publisher: Thames & Hudson

Summary

From the supreme confidence of the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem to the scores of exquisite buildings of Ottoman Istanbul; from the extraordinary virtuosity of Persian painting in the fifteenth century to the vivid ceramic tradition of Ottoman Iznik'”Hillenbrand does justice to both the highlights and the ongoing evolution of the full range of Islamic arts. Supported by a glossary of Islamic terms, a time line, and maps, this book traces the architecture, calligraphy, book illumination, painting, ceramics, textiles, and metalwork of a vastly accomplished and influential civilization.

Table of Contents

Introduction	8	(2)
CHAPTER ONE The Birth of Islamic Art: the Umayyads	10	(28)
CHAPTER TWO The `Abbasids	38	(23)
CHAPTER THREE The Fatimids	61	(25)
CHAPTER FOUR The Saljuqs	86	(25)
CHAPTER FIVE The Age of the Atabegs: Syria, Iraq and Anatolia, 1100-1300	111	(27)
CHAPTER SIX The Mamluks	138	(29)
CHAPTER SEVEN The Muslim West	167	(29)
CHAPTER EIGHT The Ilkhanids and Timurids	196	(30)
CHAPTER NINE The Safavids	226	(29)
CHAPTER TEN The Ottomans	255	(26)
SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY	281	(2)
GLOSSARY	283	(1)
SOURCES OF ILLUSTRATIONS	284	(1)
INDEX	285