Islamic art and culture : Timeline and History / Nasser D. Khalili.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Cairo : American University in Cairo Press, 2008.Description: 186 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 38 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1585678392
  • 9781585678396
  • 9789774161940
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 709/.17/67 22
LOC classification:
  • N6260 .K43 2008
Contents:
Major historical and cultural sites of the Islamic world -- Major Islamic dynasties -- Timeline of Islamic art and culture -- The history of Islamic art and culture -- The written word: calligraphy -- The word of God: Qur'ans -- Miniature painting -- Bookbinding -- Lacquer -- Pottery and ceramics -- Glass and rock crystal -- Metalwork -- Scientific instruments -- Arms and armour -- Jewellery -- Carpets and textiles -- Coins -- Architecture.
Summary: An oversized visual history of Islamic civilization as reflected in its fine art spans 1,200 years and surveys a range of media, from architecture and painting to silk textiles and calligraphy, in a volume that also demonstrates the relationship between Islamic artists and their western peers.
Item type: BOOK
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Sultan Qaboos Cultural Center Library OVERSIZE N6260 .K43 2006 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) V. Copy 1 Available 197013274

Includes semi-detached compass card following p. 186.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 180-182) and index.

Major historical and cultural sites of the Islamic world -- Major Islamic dynasties -- Timeline of Islamic art and culture -- The history of Islamic art and culture -- The written word: calligraphy -- The word of God: Qur'ans -- Miniature painting -- Bookbinding -- Lacquer -- Pottery and ceramics -- Glass and rock crystal -- Metalwork -- Scientific instruments -- Arms and armour -- Jewellery -- Carpets and textiles -- Coins -- Architecture.

An oversized visual history of Islamic civilization as reflected in its fine art spans 1,200 years and surveys a range of media, from architecture and painting to silk textiles and calligraphy, in a volume that also demonstrates the relationship between Islamic artists and their western peers.