Chuvin, Pierre and Gérard Degeorge. Samarkand, Bukara, Khiva. Paris: Flammarion, 2001.
This is an amazing coffee table book (photos & text) of Islamic architecture in Samarqand, Bukhara, and Khiva.
Sections: Foreward; Samarkand and Shahr-e Sabz; Bukhara; The Khwarazm and its Capitals: Old Urgench and Khiva; Appendices. Descriptors: 2000s, architecture, Bukhara, C, coffee table, D, Khiva, photography, Samarqand, Uzbekistan.
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"Architecture." In Central Asian Art, 25-59. London: Greenwich Edition, 2003.
In addition to many architectural photos, this chapter in this nice coffee table book has easy to read text describing Islamic architecture in Central Asia. As with most works on architecture in the region, Samarqand, Bukhara, and Khiva in Uzbekistan are most represented.
Sections: Triumph of Islam; The Art of Decoration; Predominance of Religious Art; The Golden Age of the Builders; Tradition and Modernity. Descriptors: 2000s, A, architecture, Bukhara, chapter, coffee table, Khiva, photography, pre-Tsarist, Samarqand, Uzbekistan.
In addition to many architectural photos, this chapter in this nice coffee table book has easy to read text describing Islamic architecture in Central Asia. As with most works on architecture in the region, Samarqand, Bukhara, and Khiva in Uzbekistan are most represented.
Sections: Triumph of Islam; The Art of Decoration; Predominance of Religious Art; The Golden Age of the Builders; Tradition and Modernity. Descriptors: 2000s, A, architecture, Bukhara, chapter, coffee table, Khiva, photography, pre-Tsarist, Samarqand, Uzbekistan.
O'kane, Bernard. "Iran and Central Asia." In The Mosque: History, Architectural Development & Regional Diversity, edited by Martin Frishman and Hasan-Uddin Khan, 119-139. New York: Thames and Hudson, 1994.
This is a great coffee table book with nice Islamic architecture photos. The text is mostly historical and mainly about Iran with some comment on Central Asia and very little about western China.
Sections: Early Mosques; The Seljuq Period (eleventh-twelfth centuries); The Il-Khanid Period (1256-1353); The Timurid Period (1370-1506); Central Asia and Western China, Post-Sixteenth Century; The Musalla; The Safavid Period (sixteenth-eighteenth centuries); The Qajar Period (1779-1924); Modern Mosques. Descriptors: 1990s, architecture, chapter, coffee table, O, photography, pre-Tsarist.
This is a great coffee table book with nice Islamic architecture photos. The text is mostly historical and mainly about Iran with some comment on Central Asia and very little about western China.
Sections: Early Mosques; The Seljuq Period (eleventh-twelfth centuries); The Il-Khanid Period (1256-1353); The Timurid Period (1370-1506); Central Asia and Western China, Post-Sixteenth Century; The Musalla; The Safavid Period (sixteenth-eighteenth centuries); The Qajar Period (1779-1924); Modern Mosques. Descriptors: 1990s, architecture, chapter, coffee table, O, photography, pre-Tsarist.
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