Islam : art and architecture

Title
Islam : art and architecture

Summary
A full history of Islam, with maps and timelines in every chapter to help the reader in what might be unfamiliar territory, plus a full history of the development of Art and Architecture in 14 centuries of Islamic culture around the globe.

Year Published
2004

Physical Description
639 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps ; 32 cm.

Edition
English ed. [rev.]

Note
Translation of: Islam : Kunst und Architektur.
 
Revision of the English text: Jardi Mullinax and Russell Cennydd.

Contents
Isalm: World religion and cultural power -- Art and culture in the Islamic world -- Syria and Palestine: The Umayyad caliphate -- Iraq, Iran, and Egypt: The Abbasids -- Tunisia and Egypt: The Aghlabids and Fatimids -- Syria, Palestine, and Egypt: Ayyubids, Mamluks, and Crusaders -- Spain and Morocco -- The Maghreb: From Morocco to Tunisia -- Early empires of the East: Ghaznavids and Ghurids -- Central Asia and Asia minior: The great Seljuks, the Anatolian Seljuks, and the Khwarazm-Shahs -- Islamic Mongols: From the Mongol invasions to the Ilkhanids -- Central Asia: The Timurids, the Shaybanids, and the Khan Princedoms -- India: From Sultanate to Mughal Empire -- Iran: Safavids and Qajars -- The Ottoman Empire -- Islam in the Modern Age.

Subject
Art, Islamic.
 
Architecture, Islamic.
 
Islam -- History.

Added Author
Delius, Peter.
 
Hattstein, Markus.

Summary
A full history of Islam, with maps and timelines in every chapter to help the reader in what might be unfamiliar territory, plus a full history of the development of Art and Architecture in 14 centuries of Islamic culture around the globe.

ISBN
9783833111785

Publisher
Cologne : Könemann, c2004.


LibraryCall NumberTypeItem BarcodeStatus
Edmonton Christian High709.176Book30905000061881Non-Fiction