Early Islamic art and architecture/

Main Author: Bloom, Jonathan M.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Burlington: Ashgate, 2002
Series:The formation of the classical Islamic world 23
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Contents: Notes on Arabic archeology / Max von Berchem
  • Genesis of Islamic art and the problem of Mshatta / Ernst Herzfeld
  • 'Abbasid lustrewares / Ernst Knel
  • Lawfulness of painting in early Islam / K.A.C. Creswell
  • Mosque and the palace / Jean Sauvaget
  • Mihrab and 'Anazah / George C. Miles
  • Greek sources of Islamic scientific illustrations / Kurt Weitzmann
  • Deacon or drink / David Storm Rice
  • Umayyad dome of the rock in Jerusalem / Oleg Grabar
  • Zandaniji identified / D.G. Shepherd and W. Henning
  • Throne and banquet hall of Khirbat al-Mafjar / Richard Ettinghausen
  • Dolce vita in early Islamic Syria / Robert Hillenbrand
  • Origins of the Mihrab Mujawwaf / Estelle Whelan
  • Al-Ma'mun's blue Koran? / Jonathan M. Bloom.