The formation of Islamic art
Oleg Grabar (Author)
"Oleg Grabar, in this book of exceptional subtlety and taste, surveys and extends his own important contributions to the study of early Islamic art history and works out an original and imaginative approach to the elusive and complex problems of understanding Islamic art. ... He has given us a stunning example of the creative possibilities that inhere in the tension between the study of concrete materials in accord with a specific discipline and reflection on the meaning of the specific subject for the civilization as a whole."--American Historical Review - back cover
History
xix, 233, [80] pages : 131 illustrations ; 27 cm
9780300015058, 9780300021875, 0300015054, 0300021879
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Introduction
The problem
The land of early Islam
The symbolic appropriation of the land
Islamic attitudes toward the arts
Islamic religious art : the mosque
Islamic secular art : palace and city
Early Islamic decoration : the idea of an Arabesque
The formation of Islamic art
Appendix : Chronology of the early Muslim world
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