A comprehensive survey that brilliantly captures the essence of Islamic culture.Jonathan Bloom and Sheila Blair

A comprehensive survey covering the period 600-1800 and countries as far apart as Spain and India.
Highlights the characteristics that connect the various arts of all the Islamic lands.
Captures the essence of Islamic culture as expressed in its buildings, books and applied arts.
Written by two of the world`s leading experts in the field.

Islamic Arts, a comprehensive survey covering a thousand years, highlights those characteristics that connect the various arts of the Islamic lands without minimizing the differences. The book is divided into three time periods - 600-900, 900-1500 and 1500-1800 - and each section analyses architecture, the arts of the book, decorative and applied arts. Islamic Arts brilliantly captures the essence of Islamic culture.