Download or read book Architecture in Islamic Arts written by and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Art of the Qur an written by Massumeh Farhad and published by Smithsonian Institution. This book was released on 2016 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Published on the occasion of the exhibition The Art of the Qur'an: Treasures from the Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts, Istanbul, held at the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Washington, D.C., October 15, 2016-February 20, 2017.
Download or read book Islamic Art Patronage written by Esin Atıl and published by Rizzoli International Publications. This book was released on 1990 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Treasures of Islam written by Bernard O'Kane and published by Duncan Baird Publishers. This book was released on 2007 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the impact of Islam on the cultural heritage of diverse communities around the world, focusing on how works of art and architecture have been influenced and inspired by Islamic traditions, beliefs, and practices.
Download or read book Treasures of Islam written by Bernard O'Kane and published by Duncan Baird Publishers. This book was released on 2007 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Treasures of Islam presents a vivid portrait of the culturalheritage of Islam and its great treasures - an illuminatingcommentary places the creations of Muslim craftspeople in the appropriate geographical, historical and artistic contexts and explains the significance of the faith?s use of colour andtexture, through calligraphy, sculpture, architecture and manyother art forms. Although Islam is the most recent of the majormonotheistic traditions to have emerged, it has produced oneof the most glorious cultural legacies of any of the great faiths.For more than a millennium Islam?s faithful followers havecreated a rich legacy of sacred art and architecture, from lucid religious texts to some of the most spiritually upliftingbuildings ever constructed.
Download or read book Treasures of Islam written by Toby Falk and published by Philip Wilson Publishers, Limited. This book was released on 1985 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traces the history of Islamic art from the 7th to the 19th centuries & covers such subjects as the art of the book, lacquer & oil painting, ceramics, metalwork, arms & armor, carpets & textiles, architectural ornament, decorative arts, & coinage.
Download or read book Treasures of Islam written by Philip Bamborough and published by Poole : Blandford Press. This book was released on 1976 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Islamic Art written by Luca Mozzati and published by Prestel Publishing. This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Stunning book includes more than four hundred reproductions of treasures of Islamic art that span the world. With its large format, exquisite photographs and extensive research, this is a thorough introduction toan exceptional artistic tradition. --
Download or read book Treasures of Islamic Art written by American University in Cario Press and published by Amer Univ in Cairo Press. This book was released on 2006-01-01 with total page 10 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cairo's museums are home to some of the richest collection of Islamic art in the world. Long the seat of great dynasties, whose rulers and descendants both amassed and patronized works of art, Cairo's status as one of the wealthiest and most populous cities of the medieval world is reflected in the exquisite arts and crafts that make up its collections, which expanded in the twentieth century through the purchase of private collections so that they now include not just the arts of the dynasties that made Cairo their capital, such as the Fatimids, Ayyubids, and Mamluks, but material from other important areas of the Islamic world, such as Iran and Turkey, as well.
Download or read book The Treasures of Islamic Art in the Museums of Cairo written by Bernard O'Kane and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Masterpieces of every medium are represented, including the decorative arts of ceramics, metalwork, textiles, woodwork, glass, carved stone and ivory, and the art of the book. The objects vary from pieces made for purely secular purposes, many of them with blazons showing that they were the property of the great amirs of the time, to some of the choicest examples recovered from the architectural masterpieces that permeate Cairo's landscape.
Download or read book Islamic Art written by David Rouach and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 167 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Treasures of Islamic Art from the Museums of Cairo written by American University in Cairo Press and published by . This book was released on 2007-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Twelve masterpieces from the AUC Press publication The Treasures of Islamic Art in the Museums of Cairo (2006), to serve as gift cards or postcards to friends and family.
Download or read book The Arts of Islam written by J. M. Rogers and published by . This book was released on 2010-11-11 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Forty years in the making, this collection ranges the history of Islamic art from it beginnings in the 7th century up to the early 20th century while also representing the geographic and cultural diversity of the Muslim world.Covering both religious art and secular art, from architecture to decorative arts to rare manuscripts, art lovers will be thrilled by the diversity and depth exhibited within these pages.The pieces photographed here have been shown in exhibitions around the world, and are finally pulled together into one grand catalog. This book illustrates not only the remarkable beauty of Islamic art itself but also the degree to which it, and the societies which produced it, have enriched the world as we know it. An appreciation for beauty connects all cultures and by making these rare pieces accessible to anyone seeking the beauty of Islam, The Arts of Islam hopes to contribute to a broadening of understanding between cultures and faiths.
Download or read book the art and architecture of islamic cairo written by richard yeomans and published by Garnet & Ithaca Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cairo is full of masterpieces of medieval art and architecture reflecting the status of Egypt as the centre of several significant Muslim empires. This book redresses the cultural balance and examines the art and architectural treasures of Cairo from the Arab to the Ottoman conquests (642-1517). It is fully illustrated with over 200 photographs.
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