The Art and Architecture of Islam: 650-1250

By Richard Ettinghausen, Oleg Grabar, Marilyn Jenkins-Madina

Book Overview

This richly illustrated book provides an unsurpassed overview of Islamic art and architecture from the seventh to the thirteenth centuries, a time of the formation of a new artistic culture and its... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0140560599
• ISBN13: 9780140560596
• Release Date: January 1988
• Publisher: Penguin
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 1.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 20.0" x 20.0" x 20.0"

Customer Reviews

Islamic Art

This book contains the 'nut shell' of Islamic Art and Architecture. There are some plans, and many color photographs. Each project is accompanied by text explaining it and it's cultural significance. For someone who has an interest in the geometries and forms of Islamic Art this book was worth it.