Oriental Treasures in the Mediterranean
Subtitle: From Damascus to Granada (Timeless Treasures)
Publisher: White Star
Published: October 25, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 296
ISBN-13: 9788854400870
Subjects: European archaeology; Islamic Architecture; Islamic Art; Art; Art & Art Instruction; East Asia, Far East; Mediterranean Sea; Asian; Art / History / Asian
Description: "The more than 400 color photographs in this book, edited by Henry Stierlin, an expert on Near and Middle Eastern cultures from prehistoric times to our days, illustrate the magnificent works produced by the dynasties that have written Islamic history for more than a millennium: the Umayyads, Abbasids, Turkish Seljuks, Fatimids, Ayyubids, Mamluks of Cairo, Aghlabids of Kairouan, Almoads and Merinids of Morocco, Nasrids of Granada, and the Ottomans of Istanbul."--Jacket.