Early Islamic Art and Architecture

This volume deals with the formative period of Islamic art (to c. 950), and the different approaches to studying it. Individual essays deal with architecture, ceramics, coins, textiles, and manuscripts, as well as with such broad questions as the supposed prohibition of images, and the relationships between sacred and secular art. An introductory essay sets each work in context; it is complemented by a bibliography for further reading.

Acknowledgements

vii

General Editor's Preface

ix

Introduction

xi

Notes on Arabic Archeology

1

(6)

Max van Berchem

The Genesis of Islamic Art and the Problem of Mshatta

7

(80)

Ernst Herzfeld

'Abbasid Lustrewares

87

(14)

Ernst Kuhnel

The Lawfulness of Painting in Early Islam

101

(8)

K.A,C. Creswell

The Mosque and the Palace

109

(40)

Jean Sauvaget

Mihrab and Anazah: A Study in Islamic Iconography

149

(18)

George C. Miles

The Greek Sources of Islamic Scientific Illustrations

167

(28)

Kurt Weitzmann

Deacon or Drink: Some Paintings from Samarra Re-examined

195

(28)

David Storm Rice

The Umayyad Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem

223

(34)

Oleg Grabar

Zandaniji Identified?

257

(26)

D.G. Shepherd

W. Henning

The Throne and Banquet Hall of Khirbat al-Mafjar

283

(50)

Richard Ettinghausen

La Dolce Vita in Early Islamic Syria: The Evidence of Later Umayyad Palaces

333

(40)

Robert Hillenbrand

The Origins of the Mihrab Mujawwuaf: A Reinterpretation

373

(20)

Estelle Whelan

Al-Ma'mun's Blue Koran?

393

(8)

Jonathan M. Bloom

Index

401

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