Hillenbrand, Robert. <br/><br/>
Islamic architecture :  form, function, and meaning / 
Robert Hillenbrand. 
 - New York :  Columbia University Press,  c1994. 
 - xxvi, 645 p., [32] p. of plates :  ill. (some col.), map ;  26 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 601-607) and indexes. 
<br/><br/> 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.  
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9774245431 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>94011236  
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Islamic architecture.<br/> Ceramic art history<br/>Golden Age of Islam<br/>Symbolism in architecture--Islamic countries.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>NA380  / .H52 1994 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>720.917671 HIL  / 21106