Islamic art and architecture / Robert Hillenbrand.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hillenbrand, Robert, author.

Series:

World of art

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Islamic art.

Islamic art--Themes, motives.

Islamic architecture.

Architecture--Islamic countries--Designs and plans.

Architecture.

Islamic countries.

Genre:

Architectural drawings.

Physical Description:

335 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), map, plans ; 21 cm.

Edition:

New edition.

Place of Publication:

London : Thames and Hudson, 2021.

Summary:

Embracing over a thousand years of history and an area stretching from the Atlantic to the borders of India and China, this is an unrivalled synthesis of the arts of Islamic civilization. From the death of the Prophet Muhammad to the present day, Robert Hillenbrand traces the evolution of an extraordinary range of art forms, including architecture, calligraphy, book illumination, painting, ceramics, glassware, textiles and metalwork. New to this edition is a chapter ranging from c. 1700 to c. 1900, a period very often neglected in books on this subject. Hillenbrand explores how recent centuries, far from being a dark age, have seen incredible artistic ferment and creativity across the Islamic world. Full-colour illustrations of masterpieces of Islamic art and architecture - from Moorish Spain to contemporary Iran - show the far-reaching stylistic developments as well as the recurrent preoccupations that have shaped the arts of Islam since the seventh century.

Contents:

The birth of Islamic art: the Umayyads

The 'Abbasids

The Fatimids

The Saljuqs

The age of the Atabegs : Syria, Iraq and Anatolia, 1100-1300

The Mamluks

The Muslim West

The Ilkhanids and Timurids

The Safavids

The Ottomans

Towards modernity.

Notes:

First edition published in 1999.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 320-323) and index.

ISBN:

9780500204559

0500204551

OCLC:

1233311560