Research Guides

Islamic Art and Architecture

Surveys

Architecture of the Islamic World: Its History and Social Meaning: with a complete survey of key monuments and 758 illustrations, 112 in color. Edited by George Michell. Mugar Library NA380 .A78 1995.

Art and architecture of Islam, 650-1250.  Richard Ettinghausen and Oleg Grabar.
Mugar Library N6260 .E79 1994

Art and architecture of Islam, 1250-1800. Sheila S. Blair. Mugar Reserves N6260 .B56 1994

Dreaming of Paradise : Islamic art from the Collection of the Museum of Ethnology, Rotterdam, compiled by Charlotte Huygens. Published on the occasion of an exhibition held Dec. 18, 1993-Jan. 7, 1996 at the Museum of Ethnology, Rotterdam, Netherlands. Mugar Folio N6264.N4 R68 1993.

Early Islamic art, 650-1100. Oleg Grabar. Mugar Library N6260 .G688 2005.

Early Muslim architecture. K.A.C. Creswell. v. 1. Umayyads, A.D. 622-750. 2 pts.--v. 2. Early Abbasids Umayyads of Cordova Aghlabids, Tulunids, and Samanids, A.D. 751-905. Mugar Folio NA381 .C72 1979

Formation of Islamic art. Oleg Grabar. Mugar Library N6260 .G69 1987.

Islamic art. Barbara Brend. Mugar Library N6250 .B76 1991.Mugar: Reserves N6260 .B56 1994.

"Islamic art,"article in Grove Art Online. BU

Islamic art and architecture, 650-1250. Richard Ettinghausen. Mugar Library N6260 .E79 2001.

Islam and Muslim Art. Alexandre Papadopoulo. Mugar Folio N6260 .P3613 1979.

Oxford Studies in Islamic Art (topics and call numbers vary)

Bibliographies

Arab and Islamic Studies Research Guide.  Boston University Libraries.

Archn8et's Digital Library: Bibliographies.

Bibliography of the architecture, arts, and crafts of Islam to1st Jan. 1960. K.A.C. Creswell.
Mugar Reference X Z5956.I8 C74

Islam Research Guide. Boston University Libraries.

Reference Tools in Islamic Art and Architecture.  Andras Riedlmayer.  Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture.  Fine Arts Library.  Harvard University.

Biographical Sources

New Islamic Dynasties : a chronological and genealogical manual. Clifford Edmund Bosworth,
Enl. and updated ed. Storage DS35.627 .B67 1996.

Encyclopedia of Arab American Artists. Fayeq S. Oweis. Mugar Reference X N6538.A73 O94 2008

Boston University Programs

Archaeology Department. Click on courses for Islamic archaeology listings.

Art History Department.   Click on courses for Islamic art and architecture listings. Cumulus Image Database. Art History Department, Boston University.  BU

Institute for the Study of Muslim Societies and Civilizations."The Institute will act as an interdisciplinary meeting point for scholars and researchers in diverse fields - ranging from anthropology, history, religion, politics, literature, language, and the arts - across the regions in which Muslims live - from the Americas to Europe, the Middle East, South and Southeast Asia. Through this scholarship the institute seeks to protect and preserve the heritage of the Muslim world."

Electronic Indexes (Databases) to Journal Articles and Books

ABIA South and Southeast Asian Art and Archaeology Index, 1996--.
International Institute for Asian Studies. Covers archaeology (pre- and proto-history), historical archaeology, ancient art history, modern art history, material culture, epigraphy and palaeography, numismatics and sigillography. Indexes monographs, articles in monographs, articles in periodicals, and unpublished PhD theses. Geographical areas include South Asia and Southeast Asia, and regions culturally related to these areas, for example: Afghanistan, Uzbekistan,Tajikistan and Tibet as related to South Asia; South China and the Pacific as related to Southeast Asia. Also available in print: Vol. I covering 1996 and 1997 (published in 1999) and Vol. II covering selections from the ABIA Index online through 2001 (published in 2002) at Mugar N 7260 A25.

Anthropological Literature, late 19th century--.  Indexes articles and essays on anthropology and archaeology, including art history, demography, economics, psychology, and religious studies. Tozzer Library, Harvard University.

Art and Archaeology Technical Abstracts (Abstracts of International Conservation Literature), 1932--. "AATA Online provides all 36 volumes of Art and Archaeology Technical Abstracts and its predecessor, IIC Abstracts , published between 1955 and the present...[and] the 20 AATA special supplements and almost 2,000 abstracts published between 1932 and 1955 by the Fogg Art Museum and the Freer Gallery of Art..." Register for full service. Available in print at Mugar N 1 T42 (1932/33-41/42), Mugar Reference X N 7428 F55 (1943-52), Mugar Reference X AM 141 A1 F55 (1955-1987).

Art Index and Art Index Retrospective, 1929--. BU
Periodical coverage includes English-language periodicals, yearbooks, and museum bulletins, as well as periodicals  published in French, Italian, German, Japanese, Spanish, Dutch, and Swedish. In addition to articles, Art Index indexes reproductions of works of art that appear in indexed periodicals. Subjects covered include archaeology, architecture, art history, city planning, crafts, motion pictures, graphic arts, industrial design, interior design, landscape architecture, museology, and photography. Also available in print at Mugar Reference X Z 5937 F29.

Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals, 1930's--. BU
Indexes more than 1,000 international periodicals relating to architecture, archaeology, city planning, interior design, and historic preservation. Coverage from the 1930's (with selective coverage dating back to the 1860's) to the present.

Bibliography of Asian Studies, 1971--. BU
Includes all subjects (especially humanities and social sciences) pertaining to East, Southeast, and South Asia published worldwide. Users can search and also browse by country/region, by subject, or by journal title. The print versions, Cumulative Bibliography of Asian Studies, 1941-1965, Supplement, 1966-1970, and Bibliography of Asian Studies, 1971-1991, are available at Mugar Reference X Z 3001 F70 and X Z 3001 C94 1972M.

Bibliography of the History of Art, 1973--. BU

Index Islamicus 1665-1905: a bibliography of articles on Islamic subjects in periodicals and other collective publications, compiled by W.H. Behn. Mugar Reference X Z7835.M6 B43 1989.

Index Islamicus, ed. J.D. Pearson. 1906 to the present. Indexes articles, books, multi-authored works, and conference proceedings on Islam, the Middle East, and on Muslims worldwide, published in European languages. Includes all aspects of Islam and the Muslim world, including accounting, archaeology, architecture, arts, bibliography and scholarship, economics, education, geography and travel, history, law, libraries, literature, natural and applied sciences, philosophy, politics and current affairs, religion, social sciences, theology, and zoology. In print: Mugar Reference X Z 7835 M6 F58. On CD-ROM at Mugar Workstation 17.

Images

Abdul-Hamid II Collection, Prints and Photographs Online, Library of Congress. "Ottoman Empire during the reign of one of its last sultans, Abdul-Hamid II. The 1,819 photographs in 51 large-format albums date from about 1880 to 1893."

Arabic Calligraphy. Islamic Arts and Architecture Organization

ArchNet Digital Library. "... an international online community for architects, planners, urban designers, landscape architects, conservationists, and scholars, with a focus on Muslim cultures and civilisations." Includes a digital library and M.I.T. course syllabi.

Arts of the Islamic World, Smithsonian: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

ARTstor  BU

Casselman Archive of Islamic and Mudejar Architecture in Spain. University of Wisconsin Digital Collections.

Courtauld Institute of Art, Islamic Art and Architecture.  Use Quicksearch to find images.

Creswell Archive: the Creswell Photographic Archive.  Ashmolean Museum. Architecture of the Islamic world from Spain to Iraq, 7th-18th centuries. 

Islamic Art: Art History Resources on the Web.  Christopher Witcombe, Sweet Briar College, VA

Islamic Art at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art

Islamic Ceramic Museum, Palace of Prince Amru Ibrahim, Gezira, Zamalek, Egypt

Middle East Photograph Archive, University of Chicago Library

Oxford Art Online: Islamic Art   BU

Thais: Islamic Architecture. Browse by location, subject, or period.

Encyclopedias and Dictionaries

Chicago Online Encyclopedia of Mamluk Studies, University of Chicago Library. Demonstration version.

Dictionary of Islamic Architecture. Andrew Petersen. Via ArchNet. In print: Mugar NA380 .P46 1996.

Encyclopaedia of Islam Online. Full text of The Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition, 2006, in English. Volumes I-XI and Supplement (Volume XII). BU 

Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art and Architecture  BU

"Islamic art." Article in Grove Art Online. BU

Islamic Art Network: Technical Glossary.  From "Abbasids (749-1258 A.D.)" to "Zulla."

Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern Islamic World. Edited by John L. Esposito. Mugar Reference X DS35.53 .O95 1995 v.1-4.

History

Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History: Islamic.  Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

Historians of Islamic Art Association

Directories

Archnet: Web Links Directory for Islamic Architecture

Archnet: Web Links Directory for Islamic Art

Symbols and Iconography

Iconography of Islamic Art: Studies in Honour of Robert Hillenbrand. Edited by Bernard O'Kane.
Mugar Library N6260 .I32 2005.

Image and Meaning in Islamic Art. Edited by Robert Hillenbrand. Mugar Library N6260 .I43 2005.

Symbols and Signs in Islamic Architecture. Oleg Grabar. In Architecture as Symbol and Self-Identity. Jonathan G. Katz (ed). 1980. Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center Archives  Frye 115.

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