Islamic OrnamentThe first comprehensive study of the history, function and significance of ornament in Islamic art. Heavily illustrated with magnificent examples of Islamic ornament, it surveys how motifs developed and became integrated into patterns. This volume covers the period 700-1600 AD and an area stretching from Syria and Asia Minor in the west, to Afghanistan and India in the east. |
Contents
The Motifs and their Transformation | 7 |
Epigraphy | 53 |
Creating Overall Patterns | 73 |
Copyright | |
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Ackermann Survey 1964 Anatolian animal arabesque arcades arched panels architectural artefacts artists Baer Metalwork 1983 bands birds bowl brass brick bronze Cairo carved central ceramics Chinese colour Darb-i Imam dated decoration dome east Iranian Ettinghausen ewer example faience faience mosaic Figure floral flowers fourteenth century frieze geometric Golombek and Wilber half-palmettes hares hexagons ibid instance interlaced Iran Islamic Art Islamic ornament Islamic world Islamische Kunst Iznik Khirbat al-Mafjar Khurasan Konya kufic late antique lotus blossoms lozenges lustre-painted Madrasa Mamluk marble Masjid-i Jami mausoleum medallions Medrese Metropolitan Museum mihrab minbar Mosque Muhammad muqarnas Museum für Islamische Museum of Art Museum of Islamic naskhi niche Nishapur Ottoman painted palmettes Persian plaster Plate Pope and Ackermann portal pottery Qala'un qilin Qur'an roundels Samarqand Samarra scrolls sphinxes star stucco Sultan tenth century textiles tiles Timurid Tomb Tower trefoil twelfth century vegetal motifs Wade Cup whirling rosette