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Witcombe Professor of Art History Sweet Briar College, Virginia Online since 24 October 1995 Islamic Art Last updated July 2008 THIS PAGE Islamic Art Umayyad Abbasid Samanid Ghaznavids Almoravid Almohad Ayyubid Fatimid Seljuq Ilkmanid Mamluk Nasrid Timurid Mughal Safavid Zand Qajar Ottoman SITE INDEX Contents Page Prehistoric Art Ancient Near East Ancient Egyptian Art Ancient Greek Art Ancient Roman Art Art in Late Antiquity Art in Early Europe ISLAMIC ART Early Medieval Art Gothic Art Renaissance Art in Italy Renaissance Art Outside Italy Baroque Art 18th-Century Art 19th-Century Art 20th-Century Art Contemporary Art Chinese Art Japanese Art Art of India Art in Southeast Asia Art in Africa Art of the Americas Art of Pacific Cultures Museums & Galleries Prints & Photographs Research Resources Various & Miscellaneous Enter your search terms Submit search form Web witcombe.sbc.edu ewart.sbc.edu www.sbc.edu ISLAMIC ART Top of page Islamic Art: Special Topics (through the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Timeline of Art History) The Birth of Islam Trade and the Spread of Islam The Nature of Islamic Art Calligraphy Figural Representation Geometric Patterns Vegetal Patterns Glass from Islamic Lands Blown Cut and Engraved Enameled and Gilded Hot-worked Mosaic Stained, or Luster-Painted Glass with Mold-Blown Decoration Umayyad Period (661 - 750 A.D.) cAbbasid Period (750 - 1258 A.D.) Umayyad Period in Spain (711 - 1031 A.D.) Nishapur (mid-9th - early 12th century A.D.) Almoravid and Almohad Periods (ca. 1062 - 1269 A.D.) Ayyubid Period (ca. 1171 - 1260 A.D.) Fatimid Period (909 - 1171 A.D.) Seljuq Period in Anatolia (1081 - 1307 A.D.) Seljuqs of Iran (ca. 1040 - 1157 A.D.) Ilkhanid Period (1256 - 1353 A.D.) Mamluk Period (1250 - 1517 A.D.) Nasrid Period (1232 - 1492 A.D.) Timurid Period (ca. 1370 - 1507 A.D.) Mughals before 1600 A.D. Ottomans before 1600 A.D. Safavids before 1600 A.D. The Age of Süleyman "the Magnificent" (r. 1520 - 1566 A.D.) 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