TY  - BOOK
N2  - Presents a region-by-region history of the art of the Islamic world, looking at architecture, the art of the book, mosaics, pottery, textiles, and other decorative art forms.
N2  - "So Brend narrates this history region by region, illustrating her discussion with superb exampls drawn from all areas in which Muslim artists  and craftsman have excelled --mosque and palace architecture; the art of the book (calligrpahy, painting, and bindings); and decorative arts, including metalwork, carvings, mosaics, pottery, textiles, and carpets. Throughout, the author elucidates forms, aesthetic principles, themes, and imagery.  And she points to sources and influnces in the different periods--for example, the prominence of jade and chinoiserie after the Mongol ivasions."--from the back
AB  - Presents a region-by-region history of the art of the Islamic world, looking at architecture, the art of the book, mosaics, pottery, textiles, and other decorative art forms.
AB  - "So Brend narrates this history region by region, illustrating her discussion with superb exampls drawn from all areas in which Muslim artists  and craftsman have excelled --mosque and palace architecture; the art of the book (calligrpahy, painting, and bindings); and decorative arts, including metalwork, carvings, mosaics, pottery, textiles, and carpets. Throughout, the author elucidates forms, aesthetic principles, themes, and imagery.  And she points to sources and influnces in the different periods--for example, the prominence of jade and chinoiserie after the Mongol ivasions."--from the back
T1  - Islamic art /
DA  - 1991.
CY  - Cambridge, Mass. :
AU  - Brend, Barbara,
CN  - N6250
PB  - Harvard University Press,
PP  - Cambridge, Mass. :
PY  - 1991.
ID  - 1385385
KW  - Islamic art
KW  - Art islamique - Histoire.
KW  - Sanat, İslam - Tarih.
KW  - Art islamique
KW  - 20.50 Islamic art.
KW  - Islamic art.
KW  - Islamische Kunst
KW  - Islamitische kunst.
KW  - Islamic art.
KW  - Geschichte
SN  - 0674468651
SN  - 9780674468658
SN  - 067446866X
SN  - 9780674468665
TI  - Islamic art /
LK  - http://www.gbv.de/dms/bowker/toc/9780674468665.pdf
UR  - http://www.gbv.de/dms/bowker/toc/9780674468665.pdf
ER  -