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1	Islamic Art and Architecture, 650-1250 more books like this by Richard Ettinghausen, Professor Oleg Grabar add to wishlist The transformation of a vast area - from central Spain to the delta of the Indus and from the Sahara desert and the Indian Ocean to the Mediterranean, the Caucasus, the Central Asian deserts, and the Hindu Kush - into a land controlled by Islam was accomplished within roughly a century. The traditions of this world were many and diverse, and the ... see all copies from $5.25! new only from $30.00! \| first editions \| SVS
2	Late Antiquity: A Guide to the Postclassical World more books like this by G W Bowersock (Editor), Peter Robert Lamont Brown (Editor), Professor Oleg Grabar (Editor) add to wishlist This is a comprehensive guide the world of late antiquity. In 11 essays and over 500 encyclopedia entries, an international cast of experts provides essential information and fresh perspectives on the history and culture of an era by the rise of two world religions, unprecedented political upheavals that remade the map of the known world, and the ... see all copies from $13.50! new only from $13.50! \| first editions \| SVS
3	Interpreting Late Antiquity: Essays on the Postclassical World more books like this by G W Bowersock (Editor), Peter Brown (Editor), Professor Oleg Grabar (Editor) add to wishlist The era of late antiquity - from the middle of the third century to the end of the eighth - was marked by the rise of two world religions, unprecedented political upheavals that remade the map of the known world, and the creation of art of enduring glory. In these eleven in-depth essays, drawn from the award-winning reference work Late Antiquity: ... see all copies from $7.68! new only from $15.96! \| SVS
4	The Shape of the Holy: Early Islamic Jerusalem more books like this by Professor Oleg Grabar add to wishlist From the time of Herod through the Crusades, Jerusalem had officially changed its religion several times, with Jews, Christians, and Muslims inscribing the story of their faiths on the urban landscape. In this handsomely illustrated book, noted Islamist Oleg Grabar offers a rare account of the great role played by early Islam in defining the 'look ... see all copies from $33.98! new only from $79.95! \| first editions \| SVS
5	The Art and Architecture of Islam: Volume One: 650-1250 more books like this by Richard Ettinghausen, Professor Oleg Grabar add to wishlist see all copies from $22.00!
6	Mostly Miniatures: An Introduction to Persian Painting more books like this by Professor Oleg Grabar add to wishlist In this lavishly illustrated exploration of Persian manuscripts, murals, and ceramics that were created during the 14th, 15th, and 16th centuries, an art historian discusses the cultural movements that influenced Persian style, pointing out how the signature elements of these works are related to Islamic thought. see all copies from $24.00! new only from $24.62! \| SVS
7	Mediation of Ornament more books like this by Professor Oleg Grabar add to wishlist The author shares not only a veteran art historian's love for the sensuality of Islamic ornamentation, but also uses this art to show how ornament in general enables a direct, immediate encounter between viewers and art objects from any culture and time period. Based on universal motifs, ornamentation occurs in many artistic traditions, although ... see all copies from $45.00! first editions
8	The Formation of Islamic Art: Revised and Enlarged Edition more books like this by Professor Oleg Grabar add to wishlist This classic work on the nature of early Islamic art has now been brought up to date in order to take into consideration material that has recently come to light. In a new chapter, Oleg Grabar develops alternate models for the formation of Islamic, art tightens its chronology, and discusses its implications for the contemporary art of the Muslim ... see all copies from $15.50! new only from $29.12! \| SVS
9	The Alhambra more books like this by Oleg Grabar add to wishlist see all copies from $38.00! first editions
10	Formation of Islamic Art more books like this by Professor Oleg Grabar add to wishlist see all copies from $2.99! first editions \| SVS
11	Turkish Art more books like this by Esin Atil (Editor), Esin Atl, Oleg Grabar add to wishlist see all copies from $30.00! first editions
12	The Dome of the Rock more books like this by Professor Oleg Grabar add to wishlist The Dome of the Rock, the beautiful Muslim shrine in the walled Old City of Jerusalem, was fully restored to its original state in the last half-century. Thus, this structure, sited on the third holiest spot on earth for Muslims, is at once a product of the 7th Century and almost entirely the work of our own times - a paradox in keeping with the ... see all copies from $15.29! new only from $15.29! \| first editions
13	Early Islamic Art, 650-1100 more books like this by Professor Oleg Grabar add to wishlist The material in this volume has been arranged under four main headings: 'Origins and Context'; 'Secular Culture Under the Umayyads'; 'Fatimid Egypt and the Muslim West'; and 'The Muslim East'. see all copies from $105.00! new only from $133.54!
14	Dome of Rock more books like this by Oleg Grabar, Said Nuseibeh add to wishlist The Dome of the Rock was built in 692 C.E. under the patronage of the Umayyad caliph Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan. It enshrines the Sacred Rock, literally the irregular highest tip of Mount Moriah, one of the several ridges around which the city of Jerusalem began to develop as early as five thousand years ago. The structure commemorates the Prophet ... see all copies from $19.98! new only from $150.00! \| first editions
15 view cover	City in the Desert more books like this by Professor Oleg Grabar, Reneta Holod, James Knustad add to wishlist see all copies from $33.99! new only from $48.50!
16 view cover	Islamic Art and Beyond more books like this by Professor Oleg Grabar add to wishlist "Islamic Art and Beyond" is the third in a set of four volumes of studies on Islamic art by Oleg Grabar. Between them they bring together more than eighty articles, studies and essays, work spanning half a century by a master of the field. Each volume takes a particular section of the topic, the three other volumes being entitled: "Early Islamic ... see all copies from $156.46! new only from $157.59!
17	Joseph Conrad; The Imaged Style more books like this by Richard Ettinghausen, Wilfred S Dowden, Professor Oleg Grabar add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions \| SVS
18	Epic Images and Contemporary History: The Illustrations of the Great Mongol Shahnama more books like this by Oleg Grabar, Shelia S Blair add to wishlist see all copies from $30.00! first editions
19	Muqarnas: An Annual on Islamic Art & Architecture more books like this by Professor Oleg Grabar (Editor) add to wishlist The 1992 volume of an annual publication on Islamic art and architecture. Coverage ranges from the Shi'i role in monumental Islamic funerary architecture, through early mediaeval Islamic pottery, to the status of Islamic art in the 20th century. see all copies from $39.86!
20 view cover	The Great Mosque of Isfahan more books like this by Oleg Grabar add to wishlist see all copies from $82.02! new only from $82.02! \| first editions
21	Muqarnas, Volume 3: An Annual on Islamic Art and Architecture more books like this by Professor Oleg Grabar (Editor) add to wishlist see all copies from $52.90! new only from $77.83!
22 view cover	Jerusalem more books like this by Professor Oleg Grabar add to wishlist The final volume in a set of four, brings together more than 80 articles, studies, essays and other work spanning half a century. Each volume takes a particular section of the topic, aiming to reflect the many incidents of a long academic life, they illustrate one scholars attempr to make sense of 1400 years of artistic growth. see all copies from $98.00! new only from $124.52!
23	Muqarnas: An Annual on Islamic Art and Architecture, the Art of the Mamluks more books like this by Oleg Grabar (Editor) add to wishlist see all copies from $50.50! first editions
24 view cover	Muqarnas, Volume 4: An Annual on Islamic Art and Architecture more books like this by Professor Oleg Grabar (Editor) add to wishlist Oleg Grabar, On Catalogues, Exhibitions, and Complete Works; Jonathan M. Bloom, The Mosque of the Qarafa in Cairo; Leonor Fernandes, The Foundation of Baybars al-Jashankir: Its Waqf, History, and Architecture; Howard Crane, Some Archaeological Notes on Turkish Sardis; Nancy Shatzman Steinhardt, Siyah Qalem and Gong Kai: An Istanbul Album Painter ... see all copies from $54.00! new only from $54.00! \| first editions
25	The Great Mosque of Isfahan Great Mosque of Isfahan more books like this by Professor Oleg Grabar add to wishlist see all copies from $81.23! new only from $81.23! \| first editions

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