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.
ISBN:
9783833111785
Publisher:
Cologne : Könemann, c2004.
