Islamic calligraphy
- ISBN: 9780748635405
- Editorial: Edinburgh University Press
- Fecha de la edición: 2008
- Lugar de la edición: Edinburgh. Reino Unido
- Encuadernación: Rústica
- Medidas: 24 cm
- Nº Pág.: 681
- Idiomas: Inglés
Table of Contents Ch. 1 Arabic script : its role and principles 3 Ch. 2 Materials 41 Ch. 3 The standardization of Arabic script 77 Ch. 4 Early manuscripts of the Koran 101 Ch. 5 The adoption of round scripts 143 Ch. 6 The proliferation of round scripts 195 Ch. 7 Calligraphy in Iran and its environs under the Mongols and Turkomans 241 Ch. 8 Rectilinear and curvilinear scripts in Egypt and Syria under the Mamluks 316 Ch. 9 Other styles and centers 365 Ch. 10 The Safavids, the Qajars, and their contemporaries in Iran and Central Asia 417 Ch. 11 The Ottomans in Anatolia, the Balkans, and the Eastern Mediterranean 476 Ch. 12 Other styles and centers 534 Ch. 13 From traditional styles to graphic design and calligraphic art 589.