Author

Publication

1973 - Yale University Press, New Haven, Connecticut

Language

English

Word Count

58,250 words, Guess

Page Count

233 pages

Identifiers

and 3 more
  • OCLC Control Number665193
  • Better World Books9780300015058
  • Open LibraryOL5295456M

Classifications

  • DDC709/.1/7671
  • LCCN6260 .G69
  • LCCN6260
and 1 more
  • LCCN6260 .G69X 1973

Description

"Oleg Grabar, in this book of exceptional subtlety and taste, surveys and extends his own important contributions to the study of early Islamic art history and works out an original and imaginative approach to the elusive and complex problems of understanding Islamic art. ... He has given us a stunning example of the creative possibilities that inhere in the tension between the study of concrete materials in accord with a specific discipline and reflection on the meaning of the specific subject for the civilization as a whole." - American Historical Review - back cover.

Description

"Oleg Grabar, in this book of exceptional subtlety and taste, surveys and extends his own important contributions to the study of early Islamic art history and works out an original and imaginative approach to the elusive and complex problems of understanding Islamic art. ... He has given us a stunning example of the creative possibilities that inhere in the tension between the study of concrete materials in accord with a specific discipline and reflection on the meaning of the specific subject for the civilization as a whole."--American Historical Review - back cover.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • The formation of Islamic art.Yale University Press1973-01-01

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