Islamic Art in Detail

by Sheila R. Canby

Book Overview

How do we know Islamic art? What tells us that images and artifacts are products of the Muslim world, a culture that has historically extended from Spain to Southeast Asia and spanned a period from A.D. 622 to our day? This exquisitely and extensively illustrated book allows readers to identify those elements and themes that define art forms as Islamic, and to examine them in works of painting and metalwork, in calligraphy and manuscripts, ceramics,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674023900
• ISBN13: 9780674023901
• Release Date: November 2006
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.7" x 8.8"