The Art of Islam
The Art of Islam

Author: Nurhan Atasoy

Publisher: Flammarion

Published: 1990

Total Pages: 184

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Copublished by UNESCO, combines a geographical and a chronological survey of Islamic art. Surveys the architecture from Iran to China, the Maghreb to India; and traces artistic styles from the Umayyad and early Abbasid dynasties (650-750 A.D.) to the Ottoman and Mughal empires of the 18th and 19th c

African Rock Art
African Rock Art

Author: David Coulson

Publisher: Harry N Abrams B.V.

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 264

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Contains more than two hundred photographs of Africa's rock art, coupled with historical and interpretive analyses, compiled to raise public awareness of the variety, importance, and frailty of these works.

UNESCO General History of Africa, Vol. I, Abridged Edition
UNESCO General History of Africa, Vol. I, Abridged Edition

Author: Jacqueline Ki-Zerbo

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 1990

Total Pages: 372

ISBN-13: 9780520066960

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"This volume covers the period from the end of the Neolithic era to the beginning of the seventh century of our era. This lengthy period includes the civilization of Ancient Egypt, the history of Nubia, Ethiopia, North Africa and the Sahara, as well as of the other regions of the continent and its islands."--Publisher's description

History of Design
History of Design

Author: Bard Graduate Center

Publisher: Yale University Press

Published: 2013-12-10

Total Pages: 706

ISBN-13: 0300196148

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A survey of spectacular breadth, covering the history of decorative arts and design worldwide over the past six hundred years

Art and Cultural Heritage
Art and Cultural Heritage

Author: Barbara T. Hoffman

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 608

ISBN-13: 9780521857642

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Art and Cultural Heritage is appropriately, but not solely, about national and international law respecting cultural heritage. It is a bubbling cauldron of law mixed with ethics, philosophy, politics and working principles looking at how cultural heritage law, policy and practice should be sculpted from the past as the present becomes the future. Art and cultural heritage are two pillars on which a society builds its identity, its values, its sense of community and the individual. The authors explore these demanding concerns, untangle basic values, and look critically at the conflicts and contradictions in existing art and cultural heritage law and policy in its diverse sectors. The rich and provocative contributions collectively provide a reasoned discussion of the issues from a multiplicity of views to permit the reader to understand the theoretical and philosophical underpinnings of the cultural heritage debate.

The Symbolic Globe
The Symbolic Globe

Author: Erik Reitzel

Publisher: UNESCO

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 60

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This publication tells the story of the symbolic globe. Erik Reitzel explains how he developed his concept of a minimalist structure. The symbolic globe, a perfect sphere, a model of purity and lightness, shows the validity of his theory. Designed for the World Summit of the UN in Copenhagen it was intended to give a symbolic dimension. However the involvement of all the delegates in its construction highlighted the collaboration of all peoples necessary for achieving peace in the world. For over ten years in Paris, UNESCO has hosted this message of hope and peace meant to reach all nations in the aim of preserving universal values.