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Seller's Description:
Very Good. Very Good condition. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp.
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Seller's Description:
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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Very Good. Art Book is in excellent condition with very light shelf wear to covers only. Binding is solid and square, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 209 pages, richly illustrated with many full page, full color prints of arab art from 691 to the 14th century.
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Fine. 0847800814. A pristine copy of this lovely book, which unravels the mystery of the existence if figural representation in the Muslim world despite a supposed ban on it. There are no signs of prior use. Fast shipping worldwide, with tracking number provided.
