Table of Contents
Introduction 6
Chapter 1 Origins 11
Earlier Artistic Traditions 11
The Mosque 12
The Prohibition Against Images 14
Arabic Script 18
Chapter 2 The Early Period 21
Architecture 22
Early Religious Buildings 23
Three Great Mosques 25
Other Classic Mosques 28
Dome of the Rock 30
Other Types of Religious Buildings 31
Secular Architecture 34
Urban Design 39
Building Materials and Technology 40
Architectural Decoration 43
Decorative Arts 47
Assessment 51
Chapter 3 Middle Period 53
Fatimid Art (909-1171) 54
Architecture 54
Decorative Arts 58
Fatimid Book Illustration 59
Seljuq Art 61
Characteristic Architectural Forms 62
Caravansaries 64
Architecture in Iran 65
Architecture in Iraq, Syria, and Anatolia 69
Other Arts 73
Western Islamic Art: Moorish 76
Mamluk Art 81
Architecture 82
Other Arts 84
Mongol Iran: Il-Khanid and Timurid Periods 86
Architecture 87
Painting 89
Chapter 4 Late Period To The Present Day 94
Ottoman Art 94
Architecture 95
Other Arts 98
Safavid Art 99
Architecture 100
Painting 102
Mughal Art 104
Architecture 105
Painting 107
The Mughal Atelier 109
Islamic Art Under European Influence and Contemporary Trends 113
Conclusion 116
Glossary 117
Bibliography 119
Index 126
