TY  - BOOK
AU  - Rogers,J.M.
ED  - Tourism Development and Investment Company (TDIC)
TI  - The arts of Islam: treasures from the Nasser D Khalili collection 
AV  - N6264.A7 R64 2008
PY  - 2008///
CY  - Abu Dhabi, UAE.
PB  - Tourism Development and Investment Company (TDIC), 
KW  - Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Islamic Art
KW  - Exhibitions
KW  - Art, Islamic
N1  - Catalogue of an exhibition held at the Emirates Palace Hotel, 22 Jan.-22 Apr. 2008; Originally published: Sydney, N.S.W. : Art Gallery of New South Wales, c2007; Arabic version of this title: Fonoun al-Islam : Konouz men majmouah Nasser al-Khalili / J.M. Rogers.; Sharekah al-Tathweer wa al-Estethmar al-Siyahi; Includes bibliographical references (p.392-394) and index; Patronage/ by HH Sheikh Mohammad Bin Zayed Al Nahyan -- Foreward/ by HE Sheikh Sultan Bin Tahnoon Al Nahyan -- Foreward/ by Professor Nasser D Khalili -- Author's note -- Chronology of major dynasties and map -- The arts of Islam -- Ornament: the religious & the secular -- Qur'anic inscriptions -- The court arts of Islam -- Production & innovation -- Figural representation -- Adaptation & renewal -- Transitional period -- The splendour of Baghdad -- Medieval period -- Phoenix rising -- -- Ilkhanid, Mamluk & Timurid periods -- The age of empires -- Ottoman, Safavid, Mughal & Qajar periods
ER  -