LEADER 03797nam 2200649Ia 450 001 9910465718103321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-283-95759-0 010 $a1-78042-993-2 035 $a(CKB)2560000000082433 035 $a(EBL)915191 035 $a(OCoLC)793996512 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000660941 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12294658 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000660941 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10708951 035 $a(PQKB)10466373 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC915191 035 $a(PPN)197274072 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL915191 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10622071 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL427009 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000082433 100 $a20081023d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aArt of Islam$b[electronic resource] /$fGaston Migeon and Henri Saladin 210 $aNew York $cParkstone International$dc2009 215 $a1 online resource (256 p.) 225 0$aTemporis collection 300 $aText first published in French in 1907. 311 $a1-84484-658-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents; 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 Co?rdoba; 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 327 $aMonuments 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 327 $aManufactured 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 330 $aIslamic art is not the art of a nation or of a people, but that of a religion: Islam. Spreading from the Arabian Peninsula, the proselyte believers conquered, in a few centuries, a territory spreading from the Atlantic to the Indian Ocean. Multicultural and multi-ethnical, this polymorphic and highly spiritual art, in which all representation of Man and God were prohibited, developed canons and various motives of great decorative value. Thorough and inventive, these artists expressed their beliefs by creating monumental masterpieces such as the Al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem, the Taj Mahal in Agr 410 0$aTemporis 606 $aIslamic art 606 $aIslamic architecture 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aIslamic art. 615 0$aIslamic architecture. 676 $a709.1767 676 $a709/.1/7671 700 $aMigeon$b Gaston$f1861-1930.$0130780 701 $aSaladin$b Henri$f1851-1923.$01035270 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910465718103321 996 $aArt of Islam$92454875 997 $aUNINA