Islamic Art & Architecture

Authoritative resource guide with annotated bibliography

Article deals with the literature on architecture and art in the Islamic lands surrounding the western Mediterranean, including North Africa from Tunisia through Algeria and Morocco (and briefly Sicily) to Spain and Portugal. It focuses on the period between c. 700 CE, when Islam came to the region, and c. 1500 in the Iberian Peninsula, after Muslims (and Jews) were expelled, but it also covers North Africa until c. 1800, when France and then Spain established colonies there.

Authoritative resource guide with annotated bibliography

The Companion represents recent developments in the field and provide fresh perspectives on canonical subjects, such as early Islamic art, sacred spaces, palaces, urbanism. The volumes include periods and regions typically excluded from survey books including modern and contemporary art-architecture; China, Indonesia, Sub-Saharan Africa, Sicily, the New World (Americas)

Maps crucial for understanding the Middle East history.

The Met’s Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History pairs essays and works of art with chronologies, telling the story of art and global culture
through the Museum’s collection.

Visual tool allowing access to images that together provide a linear outline of the history of art, architecture, and urbanism in Muslim societies.