The main thing in the history of Islamic art. Key works, era, dynasty, technology. Gimborg A.

A book that introduces the development of Islamic art from the 7th century to the present day. 59 textbook works: architectural monuments, calligraphy masterpieces, famous carpets and textiles, ceramics and luxury objects.

art historians use the term “Islamic art” to describe a huge spectrum of visual culture created in the vast regions of the world-from Spain to India, from Turkey to North Africa, from Central to Southeast Asia-in which Islam was Islam The dominant religion or in which Islamic communities have appeared and live.

In this book, we will consider Islamic art more than accepted in the tradition of European art history, including Russia, China and Southeast Asia here. We will talk about the Islamic world as civilization, where the creation of art objects, on the one hand, is subordinated to religious dogmas, and on the other, it conflicts with them and demonstrates an attempt to circumvent prohibitions.

Persian carpets and Kajar portraits, the Iznik ceramics and Damaskaya steel, desert palaces and madrassas, elegant calligrams and miniatures, Tatar Shamail and Kaitag embroidery, a large mosque of omeiyads and Taji-Mahal, poetry and science, great silk path And the Ladan road, as well as other significant achievements of Islamic civilization, are collected here, under one cover.

How to read this book?

The structure of the book allows the reader to easily move in the main eras, works, elements of the Islamic world, technicians and materials and get acquainted with the history of Islamic art.

The book has four sections: “Eras and Regions”, “Works”, “Islamic World”, “Techniques and Materials”. You can read it sequentially or separate sections in any order.

Cross links at the bottom of each page help to navigate in sections, and inserts report a lot of additional information.

for everyone who is interested in art.