
Content and Context of Visual Arts in the Islamic World
Priscilla P. Soucek(Editor)
Pennsylvania State University Press
Published on 1. October 1990
Book
Hardback
300 pages
978-0-271-00614-7 (ISBN)
Description
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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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Pennsylvania
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Illustrations
202 Halftones, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 279 mm
Width: 216 mm
Thickness: 8 mm
Weight
1365 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-271-00614-7 (9780271006147)
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