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Author: Finbarr Flood
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Imprint: Princeton University Press
Dimensions:
Width: 20.30cm
, Height: 2.80cm
, Length: 25.40cm
Weight: 1.361kg
ISBN: 9780691125947
ISBN 10: 0691125945
Pages: 384
Publication Date: 03 May 2009
Audience:
College/higher education
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Out of Print
Availability: Awaiting stock
Language: English
Reviews
This brilliant book does many things well, but two stand out. It is an overview of the art, especially architecture and architectural decoration, of what is now northern India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan from the eighth to the thirteenth centuries--from the arrival of Islam to the eve of the Mongol conquests. It is also a trenchant essay of interpretation, substituting a richly textured consideration of cultural dynamics and cultural change on a theoretical level for the traditional dichotomy of Hindu versus Muslim... Nothing is comparable to this deeply learned, engrossing, and well-written albeit often challenging work, which is full of compelling discussions of important monuments. It deserves a wide readership. -- L. Nees Choice [A] brilliant, far-ranging study... This book is essential reading for anyone who seeks to understand the medieval 'Hindu-Muslim' encounter. -- John E. Cort Religious Studies Review Flood's is an outstanding book and its level of scholarship is far in excess of any other work on medieval Indian history that I am aware of. It is a book that gladdens one's heart as much as it enriches one's mind. -- Harbans Mukhia Medieval History Journal This book will not only be of interest to scholars of material culture, art and architectural history, religion, and medieval history, but is also entirely relevant to scholars of modern South Asia. In its insistence on mobility--of objects, people, and ideas--and resistance to boundaries, Flood's book is a timely reminder that global mobility is hardly a new phenomenon. -- Preeti Chopra Contemporary South Asia
This brilliant book does many things well, but two stand out. It is an overview of the art, especially architecture and architectural decoration, of what is now northern India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan from the eighth to the thirteenth centuries--from the arrival of Islam to the eve of the Mongol conquests. It is also a trenchant essay of interpretation, substituting a richly textured consideration of cultural dynamics and cultural change on a theoretical level for the traditional dichotomy of Hindu versus Muslim... Nothing is comparable to this deeply learned, engrossing, and well-written albeit often challenging work, which is full of compelling discussions of important monuments. It deserves a wide readership. -- L. Nees Choice [A] brilliant, far-ranging study... This book is essential reading for anyone who seeks to understand the medieval 'Hindu-Muslim' encounter. -- John E. Cort Religious Studies Review Flood's is an outstanding book and its level of scholarship is far in excess of any other work on medieval Indian history that I am aware of. It is a book that gladdens one's heart as much as it enriches one's mind. -- Harbans Mukhia Medieval History Journal
This brilliant book does many things well, but two stand out. It is an overview of the art, especially architecture and architectural decoration, of what is now northern India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan from the eighth to the thirteenth centuries--from the arrival of Islam to the eve of the Mongol conquests. It is also a trenchant essay of interpretation, substituting a richly textured consideration of cultural dynamics and cultural change on a theoretical level for the traditional dichotomy of Hindu versus Muslim... Nothing is comparable to this deeply learned, engrossing, and well-written albeit often challenging work, which is full of compelling discussions of important monuments. It deserves a wide readership. -- L. Nees Choice [A] brilliant, far-ranging study... This book is essential reading for anyone who seeks to understand the medieval 'Hindu-Muslim' encounter. -- John E. Cort Religious Studies Review
Author Information
Finbarr B. Flood is associate professor in the Department of Art History and the Institute of Fine Arts at New York University. He is the author of ""The Great Mosque of Damascus: Studies on the Making of an Umayyad Visual Culture"".
