Contents
List of Illustrations
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part One Theory of Art:
History of art and history of literature: some random thoughts
An art of the object
On the universality of the history of art
From utopia to paradigms
Geometry and ideology: the Festival of Islam and the study of Islamic art
Different but compatible ends
Die ethische Dimension des Ornaments
Islamic ornament and Western abstraction
Part Two General Islamic Architecture
The Islamic dome, some considerations
The architecture of the Middle Eastern city: the case of the mosque
Art and architecture
Cities and citizens: the growth and culture of urban Islam
Symbols and signs of Islamic architecture
The meaning of history in Cairo
Architecture as art
From dome of heaven to pleasure dome
Graffiti or proclamations: why write on buildings?
Part Three General Islamic Art
What makes Islamic art Islamic
Islamic art and archaeology
Reflections on the study of Islamic art
On catalogs, exhibitions and complete works
Between connoisseurship and technology: a review
The aesthetics of Islamic art
Index.
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