TY - BOOK AU - Hillenbrand,Robert TI - Islamic Architecture: Form, function and meaning SN - 9774245431 AV - NA380 .H52 1994 U1 - 720.917 HIL PY - 2000/// CY - Cairo, Egypt. PB - The American University in Cairo Press KW - Islamic architecture KW - Ceramic art history KW - Golden Age of Islam N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 601-607) and indexes N2 - 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. ER -