Islamic art : architecture, painting, calligraphy, ceramics, glass, carpets / Luca Mozzati ; [translation from the Italian, D. Radzinowicz [and others]].

Author/creator Mozzati, Luca
Format Book
Publication InfoMunich ; New York : Prestel, ©2010.
Description319 pages : chiefly illustrations (chiefly color) ; 32 cm
Subjects
Islamic art.
Islamic architecture.
Islamic decorative arts.
Islamic art--Themes, motives.

Uniform titleArte islamica. English
Contents Basic Principles -- The interpretation of Islamic art -- The forms of Islamic architecture -- Calligraphy: the form of the divine word -- The applied arts -- The History of Islamic Art -- The Umayyads -- The Abbasids: empire of the Caliphate -- The Mediterranean basin between the eighth and eleventh centuries: the birth of regional identity -- Central Asia between the tenth and twelfth centuries -- The Mediterranean basin between the eleventh and fifteenth centuries -- The Seljuqs -- The Ilkhanids, the Timurids, and the Khanates -- The Ottoman empire -- Persia from the Safavids to the Qajar dynasty -- The Indian subcontinent -- Principle dynasties and figures of the Islamic world.
General noteTranslation of: Arte islamica : architettura, pittura, calligrafia, ceramica, vetri, tappeti. Milano : Mondadori arte, 2009.
General noteTranslators from colophon.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 318-319).
LCCN 2009942605
ISBN9783791344553 (hbk.)
ISBN3791344552 (hbk.)