Splendors of Islam
Subtitle: architecture, decoration, and design
By: Dominique Claevenot ; photographs by Gaerald de George.
Contributors: George, Gerald de.
Publisher: Vendome Press; Distributed in the USA and Canada by Rizzoli
Published: 2000
Place of publication: New York; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 224
Subjects: Architecture, Islamic; Art, Islamic; Islamic art and symbolism; Decoration and ornament, Islamic; Decoration and ornament, Architectural
Work titles: Décors d'Islam.
Description: "Rather than limiting itself to an exclusively historical or chronological perspective, Ornament and Decoration in Islamic Architecture presents four successive approaches to its subject. The first part offers an overview of Islamic architecture, discussing the great diversity it contains.

Dealing exclusively with techniques, the second part considers the materials most often used as well as the expertise of the builders and Muslim decorative artists, and the third part explores themes in Islamic ornamentation. Section four discusses aesthetics, and studies the relationship between the buildings - the structures or their architectonic components - and their ornamental coverings.".

"Each of these topics is presented through a number of outstanding examples and then through comparable monuments from all over the Islamic world. For anyone in thrall to such great wonders as the Taj Mahal and the Alhambra, and for everyone interested in the world of Islam, this lavish publication will be indispensable."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 222) and index.