Art of Islam [[electronic resource] /] / Gaston Migeon and Henri Saladin

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910465718103321
• Autore: Migeon Gaston <1861-1930.>
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York, : Parkstone International, c2009
• ISBN: 1-283-95759-0; 1-78042-993-2
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (256 p.)
• Collana: Temporis collection
• Altri autori (Persone): SaladinHenri <1851-1923.>
• Disciplina: 709.1767; 709/.1/7671
• Soggetti: Islamic art; Islamic architecture; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Text first published in French in 1907.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Introduction; Architecture; The Near and Middle East; Cairo; Jerusalem; Mecca; Medina; Damascus; The Mosque of Ibn Tulun in Cairo; The Al-Azhar Mosque in Cairo; The Hassan Mosque in Cairo; North Africa and Spain; Palaces; The Hassan Tower in Rabat (1199); The Koutoubia Mosque in Marrakech; Marrakech; The Great Mosque of Tlemcen; The Giralda (1195); The Great Mosque of Córdoba; The Alhambra; Iran and the Persian School; Bricks; Stalactites; Roofs; Ornamentation; Baghdad; The Friday Mosque of Isfahan; Tamerlane's Mausoleum (Gur-e Amir); The Sher-Dor Madrasa; Monuments of Isfahan: Shah Abbas's ConstructionsThe Imperial Mosque at Isfahan; The Ottoman School; The Great Mosque of Konya; The Bayezid II Mosque; The Suleymaniye Mosque; The Selimiye Mosque at Edirne; The Sultan Ahmed Mosque; Muslim India; Qutab Minar; The Monuments of the Mughal Emperors; Badshahi Mosque (Lahore); The Taj Mahal in Agra; The Delhi Palace; The Palace of Jaipur; The Golden Temple in Amritsar; The End of Indian-Muslim Architecture; Fine Arts; Sculpture; Sculpted wood; Ivory; Metal Arts; Bronze; Copper Inlays; Weapons; Metalwork and Rock Crystals; Mosaics; Manufactured ProductsCeramics; Hispano-Moorish Faience; Enamelled Glass; Textiles; Carpets; The Art of the Book; Arab Manuscripts; ; Egyptian Korans; Persian Manuscripts; Indo-Persian Miniatures; Turkish Manuscripts; Conclusion; BIBLIOGRAPHY; List of Illustrations
• Sommario/riassunto: Islamic art is not the art of a nation or of a people, but that of a religion: Islam. Spreading from the Arabian Peninsula, the proselyte believers conquered, in a few centuries, a territory spreading from the Atlantic to the Indian Ocean. Multicultural and multi-ethnical, this polymorphic and highly spiritual art, in which all representation of Man and God were prohibited, developed canons and various motives of great decorative value. Thorough and inventive, these artists expressed their beliefs by creating monumental masterpieces such as the Al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem, the Taj Mahal in Agr