| Description |
xix, 233 pages, 78 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 26 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction -- The problem -- The land of early Islam -- The symbolic appropriation of the land -- Islamic attitudes toward the arts -- Islamic religious art : the mosque -- Islamic secular art : palace and city -- Early Islamic decoration : the idea of an Arabesque -- The formation of Islamic art -- Appendix : Chronology of the early Muslim world |
| Summary |
"Oleg Grabar, in this book of exceptional subtlety and taste, surveys and extends his own important contributions to the study of early Islamic art history and works out an original and imaginative approach to the elusive and complex problems of understanding Islamic art. ... He has given us a stunning example of the creative possibilities that inhere in the tension between the study of concrete materials in accord with a specific discipline and reflection on the meaning of the specific subject for the civilization as a whole."--American Historical Review - back cover |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-227) and index |
| Subject |
Islamic art -- History.
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Islamic art.
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| LC no. |
72075193 |
| ISBN |
0300015054 |
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0300021879 |
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