Jonathan M. Bloom
Ashgate
Hardback
470
2002
Early Islamic Art and Architecture 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.