This richly illustrated book provides an unsurpassed 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 Grabaras original text, this book has been completely rewritten and updated to take into account recent information and methodological advances.All copies show the constellations in mnemonic configurations, usually derived from classical mythology or from the animal ... the constellation pictures also betray their scientific origin in their stress on the stars, which are indicated by both dotsanbsp;...
Title | : | Islamic Art and Architecture 650-1250 |
Author | : | Richard Ettinghausen, Oleg Grabar, Marilyn Jenkins |
Publisher | : | Yale University Press - 2001 |
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