The Art and Architecture of Islam
by Sheila S. Blair |
Islam: Art and Architecture
by Markus Hattstein | 
Islamic Arts
by Jonathan Bloom |
Islam
by Henri Stierlin | 
Buddhist Art and Architecture
by Robert E. Fisher | 
Chinese Art
by Mary Tregear | 
Cathedral
by David Macaulay |
The Mythic Image
by Joseph Campbell | 
The Complete Temples of Ancient Egypt
by Richard H. Wilkinson |
Heretics and Heroes
by Thomas Cahill |
Christian Art
by Beth Williamson | 
Indian Art
by Roy C. Craven | 
Japanese Art
by Joan Stanley-Baker | 
The Fourth Thousand Years
by W. Cleon Skousen | 
A History of the World in 100 Objects
by Neil MacGregor | 
The Americans
by Robert Frank |
The Glory of Christendom
by Warren H. Carroll |
The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah
by Alfred Edersheim | 
The Pursuit of the Millenium
by Norman Cohn | 
Asimov's Guide to the Bible
by Isaac Asimov |
From the supreme confidence of the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem to the scores of exquisite buildings of Ottoman Istanbul; from the extraordinary virtuosity of Persian painting in the fifteenth century to the vivid ceramic tradition of Ottoman Iznik--Hillenbrand does justice to both the highlights and the ongoing evolution of the full range of Islamic arts. Supported by a glossary of Islamic terms, a time line, and maps, this book traces the architecture, calligraphy, book illumination, painting, ceramics, textiles, and metalwork of a vastly accomplished and influential civilization.