Islamic Art and Architecture, 650-1250

368 Pages·2002·88.81 MB·English

by  Richard Ettinghausen

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This richly illustrated book provides an unsur-
passed overview of Islamic art and architecture
from the seventh to the thirteenth centuries, a
time of the formation of a new artistic culture
and its first, medieval, flowering in the vast
area from the Atlantic to India. Inspired by
Ettinghausen and Grabar's original text,
this book has been completely rewritten and
updated to take into account recent informa-
tion and methodological advances.
The volume focuses special attention on the
development of numerous regional centres
of art in Spain, North Africa, Egypt, Syria,
Anatolia, Iraq and Yemen as well as the
western and northeastern provinces of Iran.
It traces the cultural and artistic evolution
of such centres in the seminal early Islamic
period and examines the wealth of different
ways of creating a beautiful environment.
The book approaches the arts with new
classifications of architecture and architectural
decoration, the art of the object and the art of
the book.
With many new illustrations, often in colour,
this volume broadens the picture of Islamic
artistic production and discusses objects in a
wide range of media, including textiles, ceram-
ics, metal and wood. The book incorporates
extensive accounts of the cultural contexts of
the arts and defines the originality of each
period. A final chapter explores the impact of
Islamic art on the creativity of non-Muslims
within the Islamic realm and in areas
surrounding the Muslim world.

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Contents
Preface to theSecondEdition VII
Preface to the FirstEdition X
ChartofthePrincipalDynasties xi
INTRODUCTION
I. TheRiseofIslamandtheArtistic ClimateofthePeriod 3
part one: Early Islamic Artand Architecture (c-.650-c.1000)
Prologue: HistoricalandCulturalSetting 10
2. CentralIslamicLands 15
Architecture and Architectural Decoration 1
TheArtoftheObject 59
TheArtoftheBook 73
Conclusion 78
3. Western IslamicLands 83
Architectureand Architectural Decoration 83
The ArtoftheObject 91
TheArtoftheBook 98
Conclusion 100
4. Eastern IslamicLands 105
Architectureand Architectural Decoration 105
The Art ofthe Object 116
TheArtoftheBook 128
Conclusion 129
part two: Medieval Islamic Art and Architecture (<\i000-1250)
Prologue: HistoricalandCulturalSetting 133
5. Eastern Islamic Lands 139
Architectureand Architectural Decoration 139
TheArtoftheObject 165
TheArtofthe Book 18
Conclusion 182
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6. CentralIslamicLands 187
Part I The Fatimids in Egypt, Palestine, and Syria
Architecture and Architectural Decoration 187
The Artofthe Object 201
The Art ofthe Book 21
Conclusion 212
Part II The Saljuqs, Artuqids, Zangids, and Ayyubids in Iraq, Anatolia, Syria, Palestine, and Egypt
Architectureand Architectural Decoration 215
The Art ofthe Object 243
The Artofthe Book 257
Conclusion 264
7. Western Islamic Lands 269
Architectureand Architectural Decoration 269
The ArtoftheObject 274
The Art ofthe Book 285
Conclusion 288
conclusion: The Impact ofIslamic Art
8. IslamicArtandnon-Muslims 291
List ofthe PrincipalAbbreviations 303
Notes 304
Bibliography 329
Glossary 338
Index 339