Islamic Art in Context (Perspectives) (Trade Version) - Couverture souple

Irwin, Robert

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0810927101 ISBN 13 : 9780810927100

Editeur : Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1997

Synopsis

Book by Irwin Robert

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

For courses in Nonwestern Art, Islamic Art or supplement to the Western Art Survey.

• The first social history of Islamic art, this text offers a thematic exploration of both court and everyday Islamic art—from its beginnings until the late seventeenth century—in the Islamic world from Spain to Afghanistan. Written in a lively, engaging style by a noted historian, it pays unusually focused attention to context—the literary, social, and cultural background for art works. An abundance of high-quality photographs, many in color, illustrates the full range of Islamic arts—from buildings, paintings, and sculptures, to carpets, coins, ivory inlay, jade carvings, metalwork, glass, ceramics, calligraphy, etc. All-encompassing in approach, it considers the masterful as well as the commonplace, the preserved as well as the “lost.”
• Part of the Perspectives series of modestly priced, heavily illustrated, high-quality paperback books on specific subjects in art history.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Harry N. Abrams, Inc.
• Date d'édition: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0810927101
• ISBN 13: 9780810927100
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 272