Studies In Early Islamic Art And Archaeology
- Course Code:
- 15PARC001
- Status:
- Course Not Running This year
- Unit value:
- 1 unit
The seminar deals with selected topics on the formative period AD 600-1300, concentrating on the central as well as the more peripheral regions of the Islamic world. The topics addressed by the seminar are intended to give a broad coverage of the various cultures of Islam in the period. Topics will include Umayyad and Abbasid settlement patterns, the art and archaeology of Arabia and commemorative architecture.
Required reading
- Grabar O, 1966, 'The earliest Islamic commemorative structures: notes and documents', Ars Orientalis 6, 7-46.
- Grabar, O, 1973, The Formation of Islamic Art, New Haven & New York.
- Raghib Y, 1970, 'Les premiers monuments funeraires de l'Islam', Annales Islamologiques, 21-36.
