Islamic art
Subtitle: architecture, painting, calligraphy, ceramics, glass, carpets
By: Luca Mozzati ; [translation from the Italian, D. Radzinowicz ... et al.].
Publisher: Prestel
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Munich; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 319
ISBN-13: 9783791344553
Subjects: Islamic art; Themes, motives; Islamic decorative arts; Islamic architecture
Work titles: Arte islamica
Notes: Translation of: Arte islamica : architettura, pittura, calligrafia, ceramica, vetri, tappeti. Milano : Mondadori arte, 2009.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 318-319).
Table of contents: title: Basic Principles -- -- The; title: interpretation of Islamic art -- -- The; title: forms of Islamic architecture --; title: Calligraphy: the form of the divine word -- -- The; title: applied arts -- -- The; title: History of Islamic Art -- -- The; title: Umayyads -- -- The; title: Abbasids: empire of the Caliphate -- -- The; title: Mediterranean basin between the eighth and eleventh centuries: the birth of regional identity --; title: Central Asia between the tenth and twelfth centuries -- -- The; title: Mediterranean basin between the eleventh and fifteenth centuries -- -- The; title: Seljuqs -- -- The; title: Ilkhanids, the Timurids, and the Khanates -- -- The; title: Ottoman empire --; title: Persia from the Safavids to the Qajar dynasty -- -- The; title: Indian subcontinent --; title: Principle dynasties and figures of the Islamic world.