Bibliography of Art and Architecture in the Islamic World (2 vols.)

Bibliography of Art and Architecture in the Islamic World (2 vols.)
Author: Susan Sinclair
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 1508
Release: 2012-04-03
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9047412079

Following the tradition and style of the acclaimed Index Islamicus, the editors have created this new Bibliography of Art and Architecture in the Islamic World. The editors have surveyed and annotated a wide range of books and articles from collected volumes and journals published in all European languages (except Turkish) between 1906 and 2011. This comprehensive bibliography is an indispensable tool for everyone involved in the study of material culture in Muslim societies.

Asian Art

Asian Art
Author: Bérénice Geoffroy-Schneiter
Publisher: Assouline Books & Gifts
Total Pages: 210
Release: 2002
Genre: Art
ISBN:

Asian Art guides the reader through Asia's profusion of religions and languages, deciphering the most characteristic works of its three major civilizations, India, China and Japan. Marking the reopening this year of the redesigned Musée Guimet in Paris, and in response to the constantly increasing enthusiasm for the arts of Asia, Asian Art is both an instructive guide and a sumptuously illustrated art book.

Chinese Art & Culture

Chinese Art & Culture
Author: René Grousset
Publisher:
Total Pages: 520
Release: 1961
Genre: Art
ISBN:

Study of 4,000 years of Chinese civilization, dealing primarily with Chinese art. 80 illustrations, 16 in color.

ABIA: South and Southeast Asian Art and Archaeology Index

ABIA: South and Southeast Asian Art and Archaeology Index
Author:
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 896
Release: 2010-11-19
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 900419388X

Volume Three contains 1643 records on South Asia selected from the ABIA South and Southeast Asian Art and Archaeology Index database at www.abia.net. Volume Three has been compiled by specialists of the ABIA Project stationed at Leiden, Colombo, New Delhi, Dhaka, Kathmandu and Peshawar. It features a selection of publications in print published between 2002 and 2007 on prehistory and protohistory, historical archaeology, art history (from ancient to contemporary), material culture, epigraphy and palaeography, numismatics and sigillography. Covered are South Asia and culturally related regions of Afghanistan, South Uzbekistan, South Tajikistan and Tibet. The bibliographic descriptions (with the original diacritics), controlled keywords and elucidating annotations make this reference work into a reliable guide to recent scholarly work in the fields of the ABIA Index.