The formation of Islamic art / Oleg Grabar.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Grabar, Oleg, author.

Contributor:

Yale University Press, publisher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Islamic art--History.

Islamic art.

Islamic civilization.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xix, 232 pages) : 133 illustrations (some color), map, plans

Edition:

Revised and enlarged edition.

Place of Publication:

New Haven : Yale University Press, [1987]

Summary:

"In this revised edition of a classic work on the nature of early Islamic art, esteemed scholar Oleg Grabar added a new chapter that develops alternate models for the formation of Islamic art, tightens its chronology, and discusses its implications for the contemporary art of the Muslim world"--Publisher's description.

Contents:

The Problem

The Land of Early Islam

The Symbolic Appropriation of the Land

Islamic Attitudes toward the Arts

Islamic Religious Art : The Mosque

Secular Art: Palace and City

Early Islamic Decoration : The Idea of an Arabesque

The Formation of Islamic Art

Postscriptum : Twelve Years Later

Appendix : Chronology of the Early Muslim World.

Notes:

Description based on print record and online resource (A&AePortal, viewed on May 9, 2018).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780300232479

0300232470

OCLC:

1042084123