Islamic art & patronage : treasures from Kuwait / edited by Esin Atıl.

Other author Atıl, Esin.
Other author Trust for Museum Exhibitions.
Format Book
Publication InfoNew York : Rizzoli, ©1990.
Description313 pages : illustrations (some color), map ; 31 cm
Subjects
Sabah, Nasser Sabah al-Ahmad--Art collections. --Exhibitions.
Sabah, Hussah--Art collections. --Exhibitions.
Islamic art--Exhibitions.
Art--Private collections. --Kuwait. --Exhibitions.

Contents Patronage in Islamic art / Oleg Grabar -- Early Islam : emerging patterns (622-1050) / Estelle Whelan -- Catalogue entries 1-23 / Ghada H. Qaddumi with Manuel Keene -- The classical period (1050-1250) / Jonathan M. Bloom -- Catalogue entries 24-46 / Ghada H. Qaddumi with Manuel Keene -- The postclassical period (1250-1500) / Sheila S. Blair -- Catalogue entries 47-71 / Ghada H. Qaddumi with Manuel Keene -- Late Islam : the age of empires (1500- 1800) / Walter B. Denny -- Catalogue entries 72-107 / Ghada H. Qaddumi with Manuel Keene.
General note"Published on the occasion of the exhibition Islamic Art and Patronage: Treasures from Kuwait, a loan exhibition from the al-Sabah Collection, Kuwait, organized by the Trust for Museums Exhibitions, Washington, D.C."--T.p. verso.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 309-310) and index.
Other titleIslamic art and patronage.
LCCN 90028571
ISBN0847813665