Islamic art and architecture / Henri Stierlin ; photographs by Anne and Henri Stierlin
2002, 1st edition. London : Thames & Hudson. Fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #404719
ISBN: 0500511004
Physical description; 319 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour), map, plans ; 37 cm. Notes; "From Isfahan to the Taj Mahal"--Cover. Includes bibliographical references (page 316) and index. Contents; pt. I. History and Art -- The Spread of the Persian Style from Isfahan to the Taj Mahal -- 1. The Rebirth of Iran -- 2. Muslims in India and Mongols in Iran -- 3. Samarqand and the Masterworks of the Timurids -- 4. The Evolution of the Mughal Style from Babur to Akbar -- 5. Architecture, Manuscript Painting and Carpets in Bukhara and under the Early Safavids -- 6. The Flowering of Safavid Iran: the Masterpieces of Isfahan -- 7. Jahangir and Shah Jahan: the Great Age of the Mughals -- 8. The Last Creations: Late Iran, the Khanate of Khiva, Aurangzeb, and the Rajputs -- Postscript: the Primacy of Architecture in the 'Persianized' World -- pt. II. Key Monuments in the Persian Style -- The Origins of Muslim Iran: History and Culture 622-900. Subjects; Islamic architecture India. Islamic architecture Iran. Islamic art Iran. Art, Mogul Empire. Art, Iranian. Islamic art. Islamic art India. Art, Mogul. Architecture, Islamic Iran. Architecture, Islamic India.
Price: €60.00