Bibliography of Art and Architecture in the Islamic World
Edited by Susan Sinclair
ISBN: 9789004170582 (2 vols. set)
Contents
Preface
Acknowledgements
How to Use the Bibliography
Volume 1, Art
ISLAMIC ART & ARCHITECTURE: GENERAL & REFERENCE WORKS
Surveys; discussion of origins; comparative traditions; issues treated generally; aesthetics
Art & religion; legality of art; attitudes to figurative imagery
Ornament, patterns, geometry, arabesques
Iconography, figurative motifs (peacocks, dragons, floral, etc), symbolism
Modern scholars; modern studies & research materials; bibliographies; dictionaries,encyclopaedias,
archives, etc. (for specific medium see relevant section)
MUSEUMS, LIBRARIES & GALLERIES; COLLECTORS & COLLECTIONS; EXHIBITIONS; AUCTIONS; FOUNDATIONS & INSTITUTIONS
Islamic countries: museums, galleries,etc
Outside the Islamic world: museums, galleries, collectors, collections, exhibitions, auctions,foundations &
institutions
LOCAL, REGIONAL & NATIONAL ARTISTIC PRODUCTION (by peoples or dynasties); FINDS FROM EXCAVATION SITES (several media); CRAFTS & FOLK ARTS IN GENERAL
General
Eastern Islamic world
General; more than one area; by dynasty
Afghanistan
Caucasus, Crimean Khanate & Volga
Central Asia (including Xinjiang)
Iran
South Asia
Central Islamic world
General; more than one area; by dynasty
Arabian peninsula
Egypt & Sudan
Iraq
Syria, Lebanon, Palestine & Jordan
Turkey & Ottoman Europe; Balkan Muslim nations (Albania, Bosnia & Kosova
Western Islamic world
General; more than one area; by dynasty
Maghrib (general, including Mauritania)
Sicily, Italy, & Malta
Spain & Portugal
Sub-Saharan Africa
East Africa, incl. Horn of Africa
West Africa
Africa in general; other individual African countries
East & Southeast Asia
Malay world in general
Indonesia
Malaysia
Other areas
Muslim traditions continued outside the Muslim world
Americas
MANUSCRIPT DECORATION: MORE THAN ONE MEDIUM
General (including materials, eg paper & pigments); more than one area
Eastern Islamic world
Central Islamic world
Western Islamic world
Sub-Saharan Africa
East & Southeast Asia
CALLIGRAPHY & ILLUMINATION; EPIGRAPHY (for architectural decoration see Volume 2)
General; more than one area
Eastern Islamic world
Central Islamic world
Western Islamic world
Sub-Saharan Africa
East & Southeast Asia
MINIATURE PAINTING & DRAWING
General; more than one area
Eastern Islamic world
Iran - Central Asia; General; up to c1500
Iran - Central Asia; post c1500
South Asia; general; up to Mughal period
South Asia; Mughal period to Partition
Central Islamic world
General; up to Ottoman period
Ottoman period onwards
Western Islamic world
PRINTS; PRINTED BOOK DECORATION
PAPER MARBLING (including modern) BOOKBINDING
PRE-MODERN PAINTING & GRAPHIC ARTS (pre-c1900)
General; more than one area
Eastern Islamic world
Central Islamic world
Western Islamic world
East & Southeast Asia
LACQUER & PAPIER-MÂCHÉ
ENAMEL
CARPETS & RUGS, FLATWEAVES
General; more than one area
Eastern Islamic world
Central Islamic world
Western Islamic world
Sub-Saharan Africa
East & Southeast Asia
TEXTILES
General; more than one area
Eastern Islamic world
Central Islamic world
Western Islamic world
Sub-Saharan Africa
East & Southeast Asia
COSTUME & EMBROIDERY
General; more than one area
Eastern Islamic world
Central Islamic world
Western Islamic world
Sub-Saharan Africa
East & Southeast Asia
Modern dress & fashion design
JEWELLERY
General; more than one area
Eastern Islamic world
Central Islamic world
Western Islamic world
Sub-Saharan Africa
East & Southeast Asia
GEMSTONES & HARDSTONES
General; more than one area
Eastern Islamic world
Central Islamic world
Western Islamic world
Sub-Saharan Africa
ARMS & ARMOUR
General; more than one area
Eastern Islamic world
Central Islamic world
Western Islamic world
East & Southeast Asia
METALWORK
General; more than one area
Eastern Islamic world
General; up to c1500
Post c1500
Central Islamic world
General; up to Ottoman period
Ottoman period onwards
Western Islamic world
Sub-Saharan Africa
East & Southeast Asia
CERAMICS (for tiles & other architectural decoration see Volume 2)
General; more than one area
Eastern Islamic world
General; up to c1500
Post c1500
Central Islamic world
General; up to Ottoman period
Ottoman period & post-Ottoman traditional work
Western Islamic world
Sub-Saharan Africa
East & Southeast Asia
GLASS (for fenestration & other architectural decoration see Volume 2)
General; more than one area
Eastern Islamic world
Central Islamic world
Western Islamic world
Sub-Saharan Africa
East & Southeast Asia
WOODWORK (for architectural elements see Volume 2)
General; more than one area
Eastern Islamic world
Central Islamic world
Western Islamic world
Sub-Saharan Africa
East & Southeast Asia
IVORY & BONE
General; more than one area
Eastern Islamic world
Central Islamic world
Western Islamic world
STONEWORK & STUCCO (for sculptural decoration on buildings see Volume 2)
General; more than one area
Eastern Islamic world
Central Islamic world
Western Islamic world
East & Southeast Asia
BASKETRY & WICKERWORK
LEATHERWORK (other than book-binding)
ARTS OF OFFICIALDOM (medals, coins, banknotes, seals, stamps, heraldry, insignia, etc)
General; more than one area
Eastern Islamic world
Central Islamic world
Western Islamic world
Sub-Saharan Africa
East & Southeast Asia
CIRCULATION OF IDEAS & OBJECTS IN GENERAL BETWEEN EAST & WEST & CHINA & ISLAMIC WORLD
“ORIENTALIST” ART & INFLUENCE/APPROPRIATION OF ISLAMIC ART IN ART IN NON-ISLAMICLANDS; ATTITUDES OF NON-MUSLIMS TO ISLAMIC ART
General
Medieval to pre-colonial (early 19th century)
Colonial (19th-century) to contemporary
MODERN & CONTEMPORARY ART (since early 20th century)
General; more than one area; museums of modern art
All media; by artists from the Muslim world who are based in the Muslim world
Arabian peninsula
Balkan Muslim states (Albania, Bosnia & Kosova)
Bangladesh (including East Pakistan period)
East & Southeast Asia
Egypt & Sudan
Iran & Afghanistan
Iraq
Maghrib (general)
Pakistan & India (1900 to Partition)
Soviet Union & successor states
Syria, Lebanon, Palestine (including Palestinians within Israel) & Jordan
Sub-Saharan Africa
Turkey & Turkish Cyprus
Modern artists from the Islamic world born or based in non-Islamic countries
General
China, Japan, Australia
Europe (general), including Russia
India (Republic of), Kashmir, & Sri Lanka
United States of America, Canada, Latin America
Modern interior design, modern furniture, objects, etc
SUBJECT INDEX
NAME INDEX
Volume 2, Architecture
ARCHITECTURE, ITS DECORATION & FUNCTIONS
General surveys; archives; issues, themes & building types relating to more than twogeographical areas; modern conservation & restoration work on historical buildings in general
Modern architecture (early 20th century to date) in general
EASTERN ISLAMIC WORLD
General historical surveys; studies of buildings constructed before c1500; traditionalarchitecture
General surveys; more than one area; by dynasty
Afghanistan
Caucasus; Crimean Khanate, Tatarstan/Volga
Central Asia (including Xinjiang)
Iran
South Asia
Circa 1500 to 20th century
General; more than one area; by dynasty
Afghanistan
Caucasus; Crimean Khanate, Tatarstan/Volga
Central Asia (including Xinjiang)
Iran
South Asia
Modern architecture (early 20th century to date)
General; more than one area
Afghanistan
Bangladesh
Caucasus; Crimea, Tatarstan/Volga
Central Asia (including Xinjiang)
India (up to 1947)
Iran
Pakistan
CENTRAL ISLAMIC WORLD
General historical surveys; pre-Ottoman period; crusader architecture; traditional architecture
General; more than one area; by dynasty
Arabian peninsula
Egypt & Sudan
Iraq
Jordan
Palestine
Syria & Lebanon
Turkey
Ottoman period
General; more than one area
Arabian peninsula
Egypt & Sudan
Syria, Lebanon, Palestine, Jordan & Iraq
Turkey & Ottoman Europe
Modern architecture (early 20th century to date)
General
Albania; Bosnia-Herzegovina
Arabian peninsula
Egypt & Sudan
Iraq
Syria, Lebanon, Palestine/Israel & Jordan
Turkey & Turkish Cyprus
WESTERN ISLAMIC WORLD
General historical surveys; buildings constructed before the protectorate & colonial periods;traditional architecture
General: more than one area; by dynasty
Algeria
Italy/Sicily/Malta
Libya
Mauritania
Morocco
Spain & Portugal (including Mudejars while still in Spain)
Tunisia
Protectorate & colonial periods to contemporary period
General; more than one area
Algeria
Libya
Morocco
Tunisia
SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
General; Sahel
East Africa, including Horn of Africa; Zanzibar; Comoros
West Africa
SOUTHEAST ASIA
Malay world in general
Indonesia
Malaysia & Brunei
Other areas
GARDENS & PARKS
General
Eastern Islamic world
Central Islamic world
Western Islamic world
East & Southeast Asia
Orientalist gardens
ARCHITECTURE BY ARCHITECTS AND CRAFTSMEN FROM THE MUSLIM WORLD AND/OR BUILDINGS USED BY MUSLIMS IN NON-ISLAMIC COUNTRIES
General
China (for Xinjiang, see Eastern Islamic world)
Europe, including Russia
South Asia (non-Islamic)
Americas (including Mudejars)
Africa (other than Muslim majority areas/countries)
ORIENTALIST ARCHITECTURE; BORROWINGS FROM ISLAMIC ARCHITECTURE; ORIENTALISTWRITINGS
SUBJECT INDEX
NAME INDEX