Renaissance of Islam: Art of the Mamluks
Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1981. Softcover. Color wraps. 288 pp. Numerous color and bw plates. Exhibition catalogue. More
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Renaissance of Islam: Art of the Mamluks
Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1981. Hardbound. Color wraps. 288 pp. Numerous color and bw plates. Exhibition catalogue. More
Renaissance of Islam: Art of the Mamluks
Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1981. Softcover. Color pictorial wraps. 286 pp. Numerous color and BW plates. Catalogue of an exhibition circulated by the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service, shown at 7 locations. More
Islamic Art & Patronage: Treasuries from Kuwait
New York: Rizzoli, 1990. Softcover. tan pictorial wrappers w/ gilt printing. 313 pgs w/ color illlustrations. Wonderfully illustrated. Details and illustrations 105 pieces from the exhibition of The Al-Sabah Collection. Includes a make-shift plastic cover. More
Islamic Metalwork in the Freer Gallery of Art
Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1985. Softcover. Dark glued wraps with printing and design. 273 pp., over 100 bw plates and images. Contents as follows: Foreword -- Preface and acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Techniques and materials -- Glossary of technical terms -- Catalogue. Formative period : seventh through tenth centuries..... More
Art of Islam: Language and Meaning
[London]: World of Islam Festival Publishing Company, 1976. Hardcover. Linen boards with gilt lettering; ivory-colored DJ with photo-illustration and brown lettering; xvi, 204 pp.; richly illustrated. "Masterpieces of Islamic architecture, ornamentation, mosaics, and decorative arts illustrate a study of the spiritual significance of art in the Islamic religion and the..... More
Glass of the Sultans
New York/Corning/Athens/New Haven: Metropolitan Museum of Art/Corning Museum of Glass/Benaki Museum/Yale University Press, 2001. Paperback. Light grey wraps with color-photo illustration and blue and white lettering; x, 330 pp.; richly illustrated. "Islamic glassmakers were not only brilliant technicians and innovators in their own right, but they also preserved many of..... More
The Arts of Persia
New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press, 1989. Hardcover. Black cloth over boards; Color pictorial dj.; (x) 334 pp.; Profusely illustrated in bw and color. Persian art with its detailed ornamentation, use of color, floral decoration, balanced patterns, landscape imagery, and intricate craftsmanship includes some of the most beautiful works of..... More
A Survey of Persian Handicraft; A Pictorial Introduction to the Contemporary Folk Arts and Art Crafts of Modern Iran
Tehran: Bank Melli Iran, 1977. Hardcover. Blue cloth boards. Gilt lettering on spine. 416 pages : illustrations (some color). Contents: Foreword / Her Imperial Majesty Farah Pahlavi -- Preface / Yousef Khoshkish -- Editor's preface / Jay Gluck -- The significance of Persian handicrafts / Arthur Upham Pope -- Handicraft..... More
The Formation of Islamic Art
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1973. Hardbound. Black cloth with white illus. dj; 233 pp. followed by a map and 131 bw illustrations. With detailed explanations and descriptions; includes 8 chapters and an appendix. More
Exhibition of Islamic Art in Egypt 969 - 1517 AD
Cairo: MInistry of Culture U.A.R., 1969. Softcover. Maroon and white wraps with gold, white, turquoise an maroon lettering and gold and turquoise motif; 336 pp. followed by catalogue of 55 bw items. Includes items of gold, rock crystal, ivory, metal, ceramics, glass, wood, textiles and painting, all described and discussed..... More
The Arts of Islam: Hayward Gallery 8 April - 4 July 1976
London: The Arts Council of Great Britain, 1976. Softcover. Brown wraps with gold Islamic motif on front cover; 396 pp. with 641 items described and numerous color and bw illustrations. Includes a glossary. More
Oriental Art : Ceramics, Fabrics, Carpets : One Hundred Plates in Colour
London: Ernest Benn Limited, [1928]. Copy of George Hewitt Myers. Hardcover. Blue cloth/boards; gilt lettering on spine. 20 pp. text followed by 100 color plates, each with tissue guard. Works from Persia, Egypt, Armenia, Asia Minor, Moorish Spain, Anatolia, etc. Plates accompanied by guard sheets with descriptive letterpress in French..... More
Manuel d'Art Musulman: Arts Plastiques et Industriels, Tome Second
Paris: Editions Auguste Picard, 1927. Original Second Edition, Revised and Augmented (Not a reprint/e-book/POD). Softcover. Tan wraps with red border and black/red lettering. 460 pp. with bw figures numbered 212-462. Volume 2 ONLY. Text in French. Second edition, revised and augmented. All sorts of decorative metalwork, ceramics, textiles, glass, and..... More
Fès: cité de l'art et du savoir
Courbevoie, Paris: ACR Edition, 1991. Hardcover. Mylar dj, green cloth covers, gilt lettering. 286 pages : chiefly color illustrations. Fez, the imperial city, has a rich and uncommon history. Praised by poets for centuries, its great beauty continues to fascinate visitors. The magnificence of its monuments bears witness to the..... More
Shah 'Abbas & the Arts orf Isfahan
New York: Asia House Gallery, 1973. Softcover. Black illus. covers with bright blue lettering and decorative end papers; 152 pp. with numerous bw and color illustrations. Includes a map, information about coinage under the Safavis, bios of the artists and 7 chapters. More
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Exhibition of Islamic Art
San Francisco: M. H. De Young Memorial Museum, 1937. Hardbound. Green paper covered boards with black paper cloth spine. 70 pp., followed by about 90 bw plates. Extensive essay, followed by annotated entries for 267 items in the exhibition. A very early examination of Islamic Art in the United States..... More
The Cross of Adrianople: A Silver Processional Cross of the Middle Byzantine Period
Athens, Greece: Benaki Museum, 1979. Softcover. Blue wraps. 54 pp. 21 bw plates. Text in Greek and English. More
Islamic Rings and Gems: The Benjamin Zucker Collection
London: Philip Wilson Publishers Limited, 1987. Hardcover. Royal blue stamped buckram, black & color illus. dust jacket, illus. flyleaves, 551 pp., 400+ BW and 200+ color illus. Text is in English, Arabic, and Hebrew. Catalogues 102 finger rings and 104 inscribed gems found in the collection of Benjamin Zucker. "To..... More
Islamic Rings and Gems: The Benjamin Zucker Collection
London: Philip Wilson Publishers Limited, 1987. Hardcover. Royal blue stamped buckram, color glossy dustjacket, illus. flyleaves, 551 pp., 400+ BW and 200+ color illus. Text is in English, Arabic, and Hebrew. Catalogues 102 finger rings and 104 inscribed gems found in the collection of Benjamin Zucker. "To put the objects..... More
Rare Masterpieces of Arab & Islamic Designs for Artists, Designers, Craftsmen, Painters, Art Connoisseurs, and Collectors of Rare Books
Dharan, Saudi Arabia: IPA, (1975-1980). Hardcover. Oversized emerald green wraps with gilt lettering on front, rear, and spine. color illustrated end pages, (9) pp of text followed by 88 leaves of color and bw plates, issued in black and color illustrated slip case with yellow lettering on spine. "Said Salah's..... More
Masterworks of Color and Design: Islamic Carpets from Oberlin College
Chicago: Arts Club of Chicago, 1991. Softcover. Tan stapled illus. wraps; 15 pp.; 10 color plates. Accompanied a 1991 exhibition at the Arts Club of Chicago; Introduction and carpet descriptions by Walter B. Denny. More
Patterns and Precision: The Arts and Sciences of Islam
National Committee to Honor the Fourteenth Centennial of Islam, Inc., 1982. Softcover. Tan illus. wraps; 56 pp.; Profusely illustrated with bw and color photos and figures. Contains sections on astronomy, cosmology, architecture, medicine, metalwork, manuscripts, glass, jade, woodwork, and many other arts and sciences; Includes glossary of terms. More
The Formation of Islamic Art
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1973. Softbound. Illustrated wraps; 233 pp. followed by a map and 131 bw illustrations. With detailed explanations and descriptions; includes 8 chapters and an appendix. More
An Age of Splendour: Islamic Art in India
Bombay, India: Marg Publications, 1983. Hardcover. Tan cloth, 150 pp., many BW and color illus. A collection of 19 thematic and illustrated essays that grew out of a 1981 exhibition. Includes considerations of manuscripts, arms and armour, metal and glassware, coinage, jades, jewelry, Mughal carpets, architecture, paintings, and much more..... More