Legacy of Genghis Khan Courtly Art and Culture in Western Asia, 1256-1353

The Mongol dynasty known as the Ilkhanids became sponsors of a brilliant cultural flowering which encompassed the writings of histories, city-building, and many branches of t [more]

The Mongol dynasty known as the Ilkhanids became sponsors of a brilliant cultural flowering which encompassed the writings of histories, city-building, and many branches of the arts. Although nomadic, they commissioned permanent palaces, lined with richly-decorated ceramic tiles. Objects exemplifying all these branches of the arts and more (textiles, jewelry, etc. ) are illustrated here in color and fully described. Midnight blue cloth with gold lettering; color-pictorial dj with white lettering; 322 pp. with 279 numbered illustrations;[less]