The Art and Architecture of Islam, 1250-1800 (Pocket)
avSheila S. Blair, Jonathan M. Bloom, Sheila S. Blair
ISBN: 9780300064650 - UTGIVEN: 199610The Alhambra, the Taj Mahal and the Tahmasp "Shahnama, " these masterpieces of Islamic art were produced during the period from the Mongol conquest in the early thirteenth century and the advent of European colonial rule in the nineteenth. This book surveys the arts and architecture of the tradition[...]
The Minaret (Inbunden)
avJonathan M. Bloom
ISBN: 9780748637256 - UTGIVEN: 2013-07-30Illustrates the history of iconic element of Islamic architecture. This title reveals that the Minaret, long understood to have been invented in the early years of Islam as the place from which the muezzin gives the call to prayer, was actually invented some two centuries later to be a visible symbo[...]
The Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art and Architecture (Inbunden)
avJonathan M. (EDT) Bloom, Sheila S. (EDT) Blair, Jonathan M. (EDT) Bloom
ISBN: 9780195309911 - UTGIVEN: 2009-03Oxford University Press is proud to present the most up-to-date and comprehensive encyclopedia in this field. In three illustrated volumes with more than 1,500 entries, the Encyclopedia deals with all aspects of this important area of study, ranging from the Middle East to Central Asia to Southeast [...]
