Art of Islam
Subtitle: language and meaning
By: Titus Burckhardt ; foreword by Seyyed Hossein Nasr ; introd. by Jean-Louis Michon.
Contributors: Nasr, Seyyed Hossein.; Michon, Jean-Louis.
Edition: Commemorative ed.
Series: Sacred art in tradition
Publisher: World Wisdom; Tradeselect Limited
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Bloomington, Ind
Language: eng
Number of pages: 239
ISBN-13: 9781933316659
Subjects: Art, Islamic
Work titles: Art de l'islam.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Prologue: the Kaba; title: The birth of Islamic art; title: The question of images; title: The common language of Islamic art; title: The art of sedentaries and Nomadic art; title: Synthesis; title: The city; title: Glossary.