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Art and Architecture of Islam, 650-1250

by: Richard Ettinghausen and Oleg Grabar

Art and Architecture of Islam, 650-1250

by: Richard Ettinghausen and Oleg Grabar

ISBN 13:
9780300053302
ISBN 10:
0300053304
Format: Trade Paper
Copyright: 11/25/1992
Publisher: Yale University Press
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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...

Preface

(12)

Maps

(5)

PART ONE THE CALIPHATE

The Rise of Islam and the Artistic Climate of the Period

(9)

The Umayyads and their Art: 650--750

(49)

The Dome of the Rock

(7)

Early Congregational Mosques

(2)

The Mosques of al-Walid

(8)

Secular Buildings

(26)

The Decorative Arts

(4)

The Abbasid Tradition: 750--950

(52)

Architecture and Architectural Decoration

(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

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