David Talbot Rice

The East Christian World Before Islam The art that will be discussed in this volume, though there are numerous variations of style due to epoch or locality, is broadly of a very distinct and basically uniform character. It was firstly essentially a Christian art, dedicated to the service of the...

Introduction One of the most striking things about Islamic art is the way in which a completely definite style, a whole repertory of motifs, and a distinct architectural system became, quite early in the era of the Hegira, associated with an idea and a faith. Islamic art is, in this respect,...