Grabar (emeritus, Harvard U., now Institute of Advanced Study, Princeton U.), one of the founders of the study of Islamic art, archaeology, and architecture in the US, has selected and arranged
twenty-three previously published articles on the theory of Islamic art and architecture as well as on general art theory and aesthetics in this work, the third of three volumes. Topics include
urban design (Cairo), the symbolism of the dome, the links between geometry and ideology, and--one of the most prevalent themes--the aesthetics of Islamic art, architecture, and architectural
decoration. Each article is accompanied by its original notes and bibliography and there is a general index, though of proper names only. Annotation 穢2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
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