Early Islamic Art and Architecture

by Jonathan M. Bloom (Editor)

Overview

This volume deals with the formative period of Islamic art (to c. 950), and the different approaches to studying it. Individual essays deal with architecture, ceramics, coins, textiles, and manuscripts, as well as with such broad questions as the supposed prohibition of images, and the relationships between sacred and secular art. An introductory essay sets each work in context; it is complemented by a bibliography for further reading.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780860787051
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	05/25/2002
Series:	The Formation of the Classical Islamic World , #23
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	469
Product dimensions:	6.62(w) x 9.62(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Contents: Introduction; Notes on Arabic archaeology, Max van Berchem; The genesis of Islamic art and the problem of Mshatta, Ernst Herzfeld; ’Abbasid Lustrewares, Ernst Kühnel; The lawfulness of painting in early Islam, K. A. C. Creswell; The Mosque and the Palace, Jean Sauvaget; Mihrab and ’Anazah: a study in Islamic iconography, George C. Miles; The Greek sources of Islamic scientific illustrations, Kurt Weitzmann; Deacon or drink: some paintings from Samarra re-examined, David Storm Rice; The Umayyad dome of the rock in Jerusalem, Oleg Grabar; Zandaniji identified?, D.G. Shepherd and W. Henning; The throne and banquet hall of Khirbat al-Mafjar, Richard Ettinghausen; La DolceVita in early Islamic Syria: the evidence of later Umayyad palaces, Robert Hillenbrand; The origins of the Mih’rab Mujawwaf: a reinterpretation, Estelle Whelan; Al-Ma’mun’s Blue Koran?, Jonathan M. Bloom; Index.

Editorial Reviews

'This well-illustrated collection is a must for university and college libraries.' Religion and the Arts

From the Publisher

This volume presents reprints of seminal early articles on the formative period of Islamic art and architecture, several of which are translated into English for the first time, as well as several later articles from journals that are not readily available, totaling 14 in all. The result is a useful reference to the history and historiography of Islamic art and architectural history, with representative writings by some of its founding thinkers, including Max van Berchem, Ernst Herzfeld, Ernst K<:u>hnel, Jean Sauvaget, and Oleg Grabar. The plates of the original articles are reproduced in b&w. Bloom (Boston U.) provides a critical introduction to the articles. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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