Islamic Art in Detail

Name: Islamic Art in Detail
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ISBN: 9780674023901

ISBN-10: 0674023900

ISBN-13: 9780674023901

Edition: 2005

Authors: Sheila R. Canby

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How do we know Islamic art? What tells us that images and artifacts are products of the Muslim world, a culture that has historically extended from Spain to Southeast Asia and spanned a period from A.D. 622 to our day? This exquisitely and extensively illustrated book allows readers to identify those elements and themes that define art forms as Islamic, and to examine them in works of painting and metalwork, in calligraphy and manuscripts, ceramics, glass, wood, and ivory comprising one of the most imposing collections of arts from across the Muslim world. Arranged thematically--in chapters focusing on religion and belief, the supernatural and natural worlds, feasting, the hunt, war,…

Book details

List price: $22.95
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication date: 11/30/2006
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 144
Size: 8.75" wide x 8.75" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.540



Preface



Introduction: What is Islamic art?



Religion and belief



The supernatural world



The natural world



Feasting



The hunt



War



Music



Power



Further information


Further reading


The British Museum


Other collections


British Museum registration numbers


Glossary


Index