The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Islamic Art and Architecture: A Comprehensive History of Islam's 1,400-Year Legacy of Art and Design, With 500 Color Photographs, Reproductions and Fine-Art Paintings Hardcover – Illustrated, December 16, 2010

The illustrations in the book are beautiful. Worth reading.

Great book! Very useful for those, who start being interested in Islamic art and culture. Detailed explanation and many pictures!

wonderful book, wonderful architecture

If you're thinking of buying this for nice pictures of page after page of photo with a description of where it is in what mosque in what part of the world your going to be sadly mistaken. Yes it has a few pictures of ceilings, from the point of view of standing on the floor and taking the picture looking up. Its got pictures of architecture from the point of view that you can get from a postcard. There's a lot of yawning text that's repetitive after the first two chapters.