An Analysis of Yasser Tabbaa's The Transformation of Islamic Art During the Sunni Revival

Download or read book An Analysis of Yasser Tabbaa's The Transformation of Islamic Art During the Sunni Revival written by Bilal Badat and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2018-02-21 with total page 95 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tabbaa’s Transformation offers an innovative approach to understanding the profound changes undergone by Islamic art and architecture during the often neglected Medieval Islamic period. Examining devices such as calligraphy, arabesque, muqarnas, and stonework, Tabbaa argues we propagated in a moment of confrontation and facilitated the re-emergence of the Sunni Abbasid caliphate in a more orthodox image. Tabbaa offers a timely and thought-provoking alternative to conventional essentialist, positivist and ethno-narrative interpretations of Islamic art.