The Art and Architecture of Islam, 1250-1800 Professor Sheila S. Blair, Jonathan Bloom

Series:
Pelican History of Art
Format:
Paperback
Publication date:
02 Sep 1996
ISBN:
9780300064650
Dimensions:
336 pages: 285 x 215 x 26mm
Illustrations:
150 b&w illustrations, 150 colour plates

The Alhambra, the Taj Mahal and the Tahmasp "Shahnama, " these masterpieces of Islamic art were produced during the period from the Mongol conquest in the early thirteenth century and the advent of European colonial rule in the nineteenth. This book surveys the arts and architecture of the traditional Islamic lands during this era.