Islamic Architecture : Form, function and meaning

By:

Hillenbrand, Robert [Author]

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Cairo, Egypt. The American University in Cairo Press 2000Description: 664 26 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9774245431

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

720.917 HIL 7399

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	720.917 HIL (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	7399
Book	Marium Abdulla Library Non-Ref	Architecture	720.917 HIL (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	21106

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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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