History of the Built Environment I (ID 108)

Covers architecture and design throughout history in India, China, Turkey, Nigeria, Algeria, United Arab Emirates, and Egypt. Available through Fairchild Books ID Library (login required).

Examines the architectural, sculptural and painted decorations of the church, placing them in the context of contemporary developments elsewhere in the Byzantine world, in Seljuq Anatolia and among the Caucasian neighbours of Trebizond. Available through ProQuest Ebook Central (login required).

Highlights Byzantine architecture, paintings, enamels, ceramics, and mosaics. Print copy also available (Call Number: N 6250 .B3513 2009). Available through ProQuest Ebook Central (login required).

Explores the art of icons from Byzantium through the Russian Empire. Available through ProQuest Ebook Central (login required).

Beautifully illustrated overview of architecture, painting, sculpture, decorative arts, and book arts from across the Islamic World. Available through ProQuest Ebook Central (login required).

Covers art, architecture, and decorative arts from ancient times to the present. Available through ProQuest Ebook Central (login required).

In the course of her in-depth analysis of this scroll dating from the late fifteenth or early sixteenth century, Gülru Necipoğlu throws new light on the conceptualization, recording, and transmission of architectural design in the Islamic world between the tenth and sixteenth centuries. Full text available for free through the publisher (open access).

Features art, architecture and decorative arts, with color photographs

Features Christian art and architecture from the 3rd to 15th centuries

Features Islamic architecture from the Middle East, North Africa, and Spain

Covers the basic elements and history of art, architecture and design throughout the Islamic world