INTRO TO ISLAMIC ART & ARCHITECTURE

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This course is an introduction to the arts and architecture of the Islamic World from the rise of Islam in the seventh century to the twentieth century. We will examine the three principle vehicles for artistic expression in the Islamic world, namely, architecture, the arts of the book (calligraphy, illustration, illumination, and bookbinding), and the arts of the object(ceramics,metalwork, glass, woodwork, textiles and ivory).