Content and context of visual arts in the Islamic world : papers from a Colloquium in Memory of Richard Ettinghausen, Institute of Fine Arts, New York University, 2-4 April 1980 / planned and organized by Carol Manson Bier ; edited by Priscilla P. Soucek
Language: English
Published by University Park : Published for the College Art Association of America by the Pennsylvania State University Press, 1988
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Fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: xxii, 261 pages, 15 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 29 cm. Series: Monographs on the fine arts ; 44. Contents: Foreword / James R. McCredie -- Introduction / Carol Manson Bier and Priscilla P. Soucek -- The Nishapur metalwork : cultural interaction in early Islamic Iran / James W. Allan -- Observations on the iconography of the mosaics in the Great Mosque at Damascus / Klaus Brisch -- The draped universe of Islam / Lisa Golombek -- The iconography of Islamic architecture / Oleg Grabar -- Sa?d : content and context / Marilyn Jenkins. Technical note / Gary W. Carriveau -- Two illustrated manuscripts in the Malek Library, Tehran / B.W. Robinson -- Calligraphy and common script : epitaphs from Aswan and Akhlat / J.M. Rogers -- The "iconography" of the internal decoration in the mausoleum of U?lja?ytu? at Sultaniyya / Eleanor Sims. Imperial symbolism in Mughal painting / Robert Skelton -- The life of the prophet : illustrated versions / Priscilla P. Soucek -- Representations of the Kha?ssiki?yah and the origins of Mamluk emblems / Estelle Whelan -- The scholar, the drinker, and the ceramic pot-painter / Marina D. Whitman. Subjects: Ettinghausen, Richard. Islamic art ; Congresses. Visual arts. Islamic World. 1 Kg.…
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- Content and context of visual arts in the Islamic world : papers from a Colloquium in Memory of Richard Ettinghausen, Institute of Fine Arts, New York University, 2-4 April 1980 / planned and organized by Carol Manson Bier ; edited by Priscilla P. Soucek
- Author
- Colloquium in Memory of Richard Ettinghausen (1980 : New York University)
- Publisher
- University Park : Published for the College Art Association of America by the Pennsylvania State University Press
- Publication year
- 1988
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0271006145
- ISBN 13
- 9780271006147
- Edition
- 1st edition.
- Item weight
- 1 kilogram
This volume focuses on the question of meaning in the visual arts of the Islamic world. Twelve essays deal with a wide variety of materials—ceramics, metalwork, stone carving, textiles, manuscript illustration, calligraphy, and the forms and decorations of architecture—and the topics covered range in date from the seventh to the seventeenth centuries. Some focus on the formal transformations of themes, objects, or motifs in the context of Islamic civilization. Others explore the factors that have shaped the aesthetic perceptions of Islamic artists and patrons. In their search for the fundamental assumptions that shaped the character of Islamic art, the authors utilize a wide variety of primary sources, from historical chronicles and literary tests to monumental inscriptions and numismatics.
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