Main entry:

Stierlin, Henri, author, photographer.

Title & Author:

Islamic art and architecture / Henri Stierlin ; photographs by Anne and Henri Stierlin.

Publication:

London ; New York, N.Y. : Thames & Hudson, 2002.

Description:

319 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 37 cm

Notes:
"From Isfahan to the Taj Mahal"--Jacket.
Includes bibliographical references (page 316) and index.
pt. I. History and Art -- The Spread of the Persian Style from Isfahan to the Taj Mahal -- 1. The Rebirth of Iran -- 2. Muslims in India and Mongols in Iran -- 3. Samarqand and the Masterworks of the Timurids -- 4. The Evolution of the Mughal Style from Babur to Akbar -- 5. Architecture, Manuscript Painting and Carpets in Bukhara and under the Early Safavids -- 6. The Flowering of Safavid Iran: the Masterpieces of Isfahan -- 7. Jahangir and Shah Jahan: the Great Age of the Mughals -- 8. The Last Creations: Late Iran, the Khanate of Khiva, Aurangzeb, and the Rajputs -- Postscript: the Primacy of Architecture in the 'Persianized' World -- pt. II. Key Monuments in the Persian Style -- The Origins of Muslim Iran: History and Culture 622-900.

Summary:

This album of the greatest Islamic art and architecture of Iran and India explores and celebrates cities from Tabriz to Khiva, Lahore to Sikandra. It offers a key to understanding the immense heritage left by hundreds of architects, landscape gardeners, calligraphers, miniaturists and weavers.

ISBN:

0500511004
9780500511008

Subject:

Art, Iranian.
Art, Mughal Empire.
Art iranien.
Art moghol.
Islam
Kunst
Islamitische kunst.
Islamitische bouwkunst.
Art, Mogul.
Islamic art.

Form/genre:

Bildband.

Added entries:

Stierlin, Anne, photographer.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 225157
Call No.: NA380.S72 2002
Status: Available