About this title: This history of Islamic art surveys the magnificent achievement of Muslim arists and craftsmen over 1200 years, from the 7th to the 19th centuries AD. Architecture, manuscripts, ceramics and glass, metalwork, textiles and carpets, with their distinctive subtlety of outline and sumptuous decoration, formed the basis of a cultural heritage of extraordinary richness. And yet under different local conditions - in Arabia or Turkey, central Asia or Spain, North Africa, India or Iran - and in the hands of Arabs, Seljuks, Mamluks, Mongols, Timurid and Ottoman Turks, Safavids or Mughals, this shared ...
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Harvard Univ. Press
Date Published: 1991
ISBN-13:9780674468658ISBN:0674468651
Description: Hardcover; Ex-library; First Printing; Very Good+ / Very Good DustJacket in mylar pastic cover; 240 pages. ISBN 0674468651. Usual exlib distinctions, otherwise tight clean unmarked copy. read more
Edition: First Edition; First Printing
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Harvard University, Cambridge
Date Published: 1991
ISBN-13:9780674468665ISBN:067446866X
Description: Very Good+ with no dust jacket; Complete number line. 067446866x. 8vo; 240 pages. read more
Description: Very Good. No Jacket. 8vo-7¾"-9¾" tall, Dark blue cloth, gilt to spine. Edgewear. Previous owner's name blacked out free endpaper. Some highlighting in first 24 pages. 240 pages, illustrated in b/w and colour. read more
Description: Good. Light shelving wear with minimal damage to cover and bindings. Pages show minor use. Help save a tree. Buy all your used books from Green Earth Books. Read. Recycle and Reuse! read more
Binding: PAPERBACK
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Date Published: 1992
ISBN-13:9780674468665ISBN:067446866X
Description: Fine. 067446866X Pub date: 1992. Condition: Fine. We are a tested and proven company with over 400, 000 satisfied customers since 1997. Choose expedited shipping for much faster delivery. Delivery confirmation on all US orders. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: British Museum Press
Date Published: 1991
ISBN-13:9780714114439ISBN:071411443X
Description: Hardcover, ex-library, with usual stamps and markings, in fair all round condition, suitable as a study copy. pp., 850grams, ISBN: 071411443x. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: British Museum Press
Date Published: 1991
ISBN-13:9780714114439ISBN:071411443X
Description: Paperback, ex-library, with usual stamps and markings, in fair all round condition suitable as a study copy. Ships within 24 hours., 850grams, ISBN: 071411443X. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Harvard
Date Published: 1991
ISBN-13:9780674468665ISBN:067446866X
Description: pp. 240. Book condition is VERY GOOD; light shelfwear; spine is smooth; wraps and manuscript pages are bright; no markings in text. English. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: British Museum Press
Date Published: 1991
ISBN-13:9780714114439ISBN:071411443X
Description: New. This illustrated history of Islamic art surveys the achievement of Muslim artists and craftsmen over 1200 years, from the 7th to the 19th centuries AD. The author examines the great diversity of styles, region by region. Also considered is the specifi... read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: British Museum Press, London
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780714114439ISBN:071411443X
Description: Near Fine. 245x190mm. Illustrated history of Islamic art with 105 colour and 60 black and white illustrations, from the 7th to 19th centuries AD. Covers architecture. manuscripts, ceramics and glass, metalwork, textiles and carpets. Contains a useful glossary of Arabic, Turkish and Persian terms. 240 pages. read more
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