{"product_id":"the-art-and-architecture-of-islam-12501800-9780300058888","title":"The Art and Architecture of Islam  1250-1800","description":"\u003cp\u003eVirtually all the masterpieces of Islamic art - the Alhambra  the Taj Mahal  and the Tahmasp Shahnama - were produced during the period from the Mongol conquests in the early thirteenth century to the advent of European colonial rule in the nineteenth. This beautiful book surveys the architecture and arts of the traditional Islamic lands during this era. Conceived as a sequel to the The Art and Architecture of Islam: 650-1250  by Richard Ettinghausen and Oleg Grabar  the book follows the general format of the first volume  with chronological and regional divisions and architecture treated separately from the other arts. The authors describe over two hundred works of Islamic art of this period and also investigate broader social and economic contexts  considering such topics as function  patronage  and meaning. They discuss  for example  how the universal caliphs of the first six centuries gave way to regional rulers and how  in this new world order  Iranian forms  techniques  and motifs played a dominant role in the artistic life of most of the Muslim world; the one exception was the Maghrib  an area protected from the full brunt of the Mongol invasions  where traditional models continued to inspire artists and patrons. By the sixteenth century  say the authors  the eastern Mediterranean under the Ottomans and the area of northern India under the Mughals had become more powerful  and the Iranian models of early Ottoman and Mughal art gradually gave way to distinct regional and imperial styles. The authors conclude with a provocative essay on the varied legacies of Islamic art in Europe and the Islamic lands in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45648348184629,"sku":"ByrdShop_0300058888","price":86.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780300058888.jpg?v=1781716699","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-art-and-architecture-of-islam-12501800-9780300058888","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}