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Virtually All The Masterpieces Of Islamic Art - The Alhambra, The Taj Mahal, And The Tahmasp Shahnama - Were Produced During The Period From The Mongol Conquests In The Early Thirteenth Century To The Advent Of European Colonial Rule In The Nineteenth. This Beautiful Book Surveys The Architecture And Arts Of The Traditional Islamic Lands During This Era. Conceived As A Sequel To The The Art And Architecture Of Islam: 650-1250, By Richard Ettinghausen And Oleg Grabar, The Book Follows The General Format Of The First Volume, With Chronological And Regional Divisions And Architecture Treated Separately From The Other Arts. The Authors Describe Over Two Hundred Works Of Islamic Art Of This Period And Also Investigate Broader Social And Economic Contexts, Considering Such Topics As Function, Patronage, And Meaning. They Discuss, For Example, How The Universal Caliphs Of The First Six Centuries Gave Way To Regional Rulers And How, In This New World Order, Iranian Forms, Techniques, And Motifs Played A Dominant Role In The Artistic Life Of Most Of The Muslim World; The One Exception Was The Maghrib, An Area Protected From The Full Brunt Of The Mongol Invasions, Where Traditional Models Co

Author

Sheila Blair; Jonathan Bloom; Richard Ettinghausen

Publisher

Mapin ; Yale University Press

Published

1995

Language

EN

ISBN

9780300064650

Subjects

Art, Islam, Arts