The formation of Islamic art / Oleg Grabar.

Main entry:

Grabar, Oleg, author.

Title & Author:

The formation of Islamic art / Oleg Grabar.

Publication:

Description:

xix, 233, [80] pages : 131 illustrations ; 27 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-227).
Introduction -- The problem -- The land of early Islam -- The symbolic appropriation of the land -- Islamic attitudes toward the arts -- Islamic religious art : the mosque -- Islamic secular art : palace and city -- Early Islamic decoration : the idea of an Arabesque -- The formation of Islamic art -- Appendix : Chronology of the early Muslim world.

Summary:

"Oleg Grabar, in this book of exceptional subtlety and taste, surveys and extends his own important contributions to the study of early Islamic art history and works out an original and imaginative approach to the elusive and complex problems of understanding Islamic art. ... He has given us a stunning example of the creative possibilities that inhere in the tension between the study of concrete materials in accord with a specific discipline and reflection on the meaning of the specific subject for the civilization as a whole."--American Historical Review - back cover.

Resources:
Free eBook from the Internet Archive
Additional information and access via Open Library

ISBN:

0300015054
9780300015058
0300021879 (paper)
9780300021875 (paper)

Subject:

Islamic art History.
Art islamique Histoire.
Islamic art
Entstehung
Islamische Kunst
Islamitische kunst.

Form/genre:

History

Holdings:

Location: Library main 93683
Call No.: W12369; ID:86-B18530
Status: Available

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