Arab Painting
by Ettinghausen, Richard
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0847800814
- ISBN 13
- 9780847800810
- Seller
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New Castle, Colorado, United States
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About This Item
Rizzoli International Publications, 1977. Trade paperback. Very Good. 208 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm. Contents:[Pt. 1] EARLY PHASES OF THE PICTORIAL ARTS. The proclamation of universal power (the Umayyad Monuments, 691-750) ; The pleasures of the court (the early 'Abbasid period, 9th to mid-12th century) ; The emergent awareness of the everyday world (Egypt and Iraq, 11th century) --[Pt. 2] THE FLOWERING OF THE ART OF THE BOOK. General remarks on the manuscripts of the late 12th to the middle of the 13th century ; The princely style in the Persian manner ; Byzantine art in Islamic garb ; The Arab-Muslim contribution ; The interplay of cultural strains ; Fulfillment in Baghdad ; Life encompassed, I: the external world ; Life encompassed, II: the agonies of love --[Pt. 3] THE BEGINNING OF THE END. The impact of the Mongol invasion ; The formalization of miniature painting in the BahiMamlu period (1250-1390) ; On styles and production centers ; The Turkish element in manuscript painting --[Pt. 4] Koran illuminations from the late 9th to the 14th century --[Pt. 5] THE FINAL PHASE. Last ventures in Arab painting.
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- Bookseller
- Michael Patrick McCarty, Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- SKU2010023104
- Title
- Arab Painting
- Author
- Ettinghausen, Richard
- Format/Binding
- Trade paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0847800814
- ISBN 13
- 9780847800810
- Publisher
- Rizzoli International Publications
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1977
- X weight
- 13 oz
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