Early Islamic art and architecture. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Jonathan M. Bloom.
• Editors: Bloom, Jonathan (Jonathan M.)
• Contents: 1. Notes on Arabic archeology / Max van Berchem -- 2. The Genesis of Islamic art and the problem of Mshattā / Ernst Herzfeld -- 3. 'Abbasid lustrewares / Ernst Kühnel -- 4. The lawfulness of painting in early Islam / K.A.C. Creswell -- 5. The mosque and the palace / Jean Sauvaget -- 6. Miḥrāb and 'Anazah : a study in Islamic iconography / George C. Miles -- 7. The Greek sources of Islamic scientific illustrations / Kurt Weitzmann -- 8. Deacon or drink : some paintings from Samarra re-examined -- David Storm Rice -- 9. The Umayyad Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem / Oleg Grabar -- 10. Zandanījī identified? / D.G. Shepherd and W. Henning -- 11. The throne and banquet hall of Khirbat al-Mafjar / Richard Ettinghausen -- 12. La dolce vita in early Islamic Syria : the evidence of later Umayyad palaces / Robert Hillenbrand -- 13. The origins of the Miḥrāb Mujawwaf : a reinterpretation / Estelle Whelan -- 14. Al-Ma'mun's Blue Koran? / Jonathan M. Bloom.
• Publisher Details: London : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 709//.17/671; Islamic art; Islamic architecture; ART / History / General; Islamic architecture; Islamic art; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781351942584; 1351942581
• Related ISBNs: 9780860787051
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed June 7, 2017)
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.