Five Essays on Islamic Art |
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Abbasid architecture ablaq al-Din Aleppo aniconism antemihrab bay appear Arab arabesque architects architectural tradition artistic Baghdad Balkh bevelled style brick building built Byzantine Cairene Cairo caliphs capital carved connection Cordoba courtyard Creswell cultural dado Damascene Damascus Darb Zubaydah decoration designs early Islamic Egypt elements eleventh century Excavations facade figural representation geometric Ghassanid Grabar Hagia Sophia Herzfeld Iconoclasm images important inscriptions interior intersecting arches Iran Iraq Isfahan Islamic Architecture Islamic art Islamic world Khirbat al-Mafjar koiné Lakhmid Late Antique Late Antique art later lintel luster Madrasah Maghrib Mamluk marble Mausoleum Meinecke Mesopotamia metalwork mihrab monuments mosaic Mosque Mosque of Ibn Mosque of Isfahan motifs Muḥammad muqarnas muqarnas vault Muslim narrative nine-bay mosques north dome palace patterns Persian portable arts portal pottery princely cycle regional styles regional traditions religious revetment Saljuq Samarra Sāsānian squinches stone stucco Syria technique thirteenth century tomb twelfth century Umayyad vault visual Western