Islam
Subtitle: art and architecture
By: edited by Markus Hattstein and Peter Delius ; [translation from German, George Ansell ... et al.].
Contributors: Hattstein, Markus.; Delius, Peter.
Edition: English ed. [rev.]
Publisher: Könemann
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Cologne
Language: eng
Number of pages: 639
Subjects: Art, Islamic; Architecture, Islamic
Notes: Translation of: Islam : Kunst und Architektur.

Revision of the English text: Jardi Mullinax and Russell Cennydd.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 604-611) and index.
Table of contents: title: General map; title: Islam : world religion and cultural power / Markus Hattstein; title: Art and culture in the Islamic world / Oleg Grabar; title: The mosque / Oleg Grabar; title: Science in Islam / Markus Hattstein; title: Syria and Palestine : the Umayyad caliphate / Volkmar Enderlein : History ; Architecture ; Building decoration; title: Iraq, Iran, and Egypt : the Abbasids / Sheila Blair, Jonathan Bloom : History ; Architecture ; Decorative arts ; Islamic ornament; title: Tunisia and Egypt : the Aghlabids and Fatimids / Sibylle Mazot : The Aghlabids : History ; Architecture : The Fatimids : History ; Architecture ; Decorative arts : Fatimid influences in Sicily and southern Italy : History ; Architecture and art; title: Syria, Palestine, and Egypt : Ayyubids, Mamluks, and Crusaders : History ; The Mediterranean between East and West / Almut von Gladiss ; Architecture / Julia Gonella, Viktoria Meinecke-Berg ; Decorative arts ; Islamic metalwork / Almut von Gladiss; title: Spain and Morocco : Spanish Umayyads : History / Markus Hattstein ; Architecture / Natascha Kubisch ; Decorative arts / Almut von Gladiss; title: Almoravids and Almohads : History / Markus Hattstein ; Architecture / Natascha Kubisch ; Decorative arts / Almut von Gladiss; title: The Nasrids of Granada : History / Markus Hattstein ; The Alhambra / Jesús Bermúdez López.; title: The Maghreb : from Morocco to Tunisia : History / Markus Hattstein ; Architecture ; Decorative arts / Natascha Kubisch ; Trade and trading routes / Peter W. Schienerl; title: Early empires of the East : Ghanavids and Ghurids / Sheila Blair, Jonathan Bloom : History ; Architecture ; Decorative arts; title: Central Asia and Asia Minor : the Great Seljuks, the Anatolian Seljuks, and the Khwarazm-Shahs : The great Seljuks and the Khwarazm-Shahs : History / Markus Hattstein ; Architecture / Sergej Chmelnizkij, Sheila Blair, Jonathan Bloom; title: Anatolian Seljuks : History and architecture / Joachim Gierlichs ; Decorative arts of the great Seljuks / Sheila Blair, Jonathan Bloom ; Decorative arts of the Antolian Seljuks / Joachim Gierlichs; title: Islamic Mongols : from the Mongol invasions to the Ilkhanids / Sheila Blair, Jonathan Bloom : History ; Architecture ; Decorative arts; title: Central Asia : the Timurids, the Shaybanids, and the Khan Princedoms : The Timurids : History / Markus Hattstein ; Architecture / Sergej Chmelnizkij ; The arts of the book / Mukkadima Aschrafi ; The Shaybanids and the Khan Princedoms : History / Wolfgang Holzworth ; Architecture / Sergej Chmelnizkij ; Tiles as architectural decoration / Sheila Blair, Jonathan Bloom.; title: India : from Sultanate to Mughal Empire / Philippa Vaughan : History ; Architecture ; Decorative arts ; The garden as a reflection of paradise / Marianne Barrucand; title: Iran : Safavids and Qajars : History / Markus Hattstein ; Architecture / Sheila Blair, Jonathan Bloom ; Decorative arts / Elke Niewöhner ; Islamic carpets / Sheila Blair, Jonathan Bloom; title: The Ottoman Empire : History / Markus Hattstein ; Architecture ; Decorative arts / Almut von Gladiss ; Islamic calligraphy / Elke Niewöhner; title: Islam in the modern age : History / Markus Hattstein ; In search of the exotic East ; Architecture and art / Annette Hagedorn.