Islamic architecture : form, function, and meaning / Robert Hillenbrand.

By:

Hillenbrand, Robert

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : Columbia University Press, c1994.Description: xxvi, 645 p., [32] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), map ; 26 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9774245431

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

720.917671 HIL 20 21106

LOC classification:

NA380 .H52 1994

Summary: Embracing over a thousand years of history and an area stretching from the Atlantic to the borders of India and China, this is an unrivalled synthesis of the arts of Islamic civilization. From the death of the Prophet Muhammad to the present day, Robert Hillenbrand traces the evolution of an extraordinary range of art forms, including architecture, calligraphy, book illumination, painting, ceramics, glassware, textiles and metalwork.

Item type: Book

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Barcode
Book	Marium Abdulla Library Non-Ref	Architecture	720.917671 HIL (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	21106

Includes bibliographical references (p. 601-607) and indexes.

Embracing over a thousand years of history and an area stretching from the Atlantic to the borders of India and China, this is an unrivalled synthesis of the arts of Islamic civilization. From the death of the Prophet Muhammad to the present day, Robert Hillenbrand traces the evolution of an extraordinary range of art forms, including architecture, calligraphy, book illumination, painting, ceramics, glassware, textiles and metalwork.

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