A Story Of Islamic Art

Author : Onur Öztürk,Xenia Gazi,Sam Bowker
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2022-03-20
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781000555950

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Deconstructing the Myths of Islamic Art by Onur Öztürk,Xenia Gazi,Sam Bowker Pdf

Deconstructing the Myths of Islamic Art addresses how researchers can challenge stereotypical notions of Islam and Islamic art while avoiding the creation of new myths and the encouragement of nationalistic and ethnic attitudes. Despite its Orientalist origins, the field of Islamic art has continued to evolve and shape our understanding of the various civilizations of Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Middle East. Situated in this field, this book addresses how universities, museums, and other educational institutions can continue to challenge stereotypical or homogeneous notions of Islam and Islamic art. It reviews subtle and overt mythologies through scholarly research, museum collections and exhibitions, classroom perspectives, and artists’ initiatives. This collaborative volume addresses a conspicuous and persistent gap in the literature, which can only be filled by recognizing and resolving persistent myths regarding Islamic art from diverse academic and professional perspectives. The book will be of interest to scholars working in art history, museum studies, visual culture, and Middle Eastern studies.

Author : Wendy M. K. Shaw
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 387 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2019-10-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9781108474658

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What is “Islamic” Art? by Wendy M. K. Shaw Pdf

An alternate approach to Islamic art emphasizing literary over historical contexts and reception over production in visual arts and music.

Author : Hena Khan
Publisher : Chronicle Books
Page : 37 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2018-04-10
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781452155722

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Crescent Moons and Pointed Minarets by Hena Khan Pdf

Crescent Moons and Pointed Minarets — Islamic book for kids "A beautiful picture book that simultaneously explores shapes, Islam, and the cultures of the Muslim people." — Kirkus Reviews Toddler book of shapes and Islamic traditions: From a crescent moon to a square garden to an octagonal fountain, this breathtaking picture book celebrates the shapes—and traditions—of the Muslim world. Toddler book by author Hena Khan: Sure to inspire questions and observations about world religions and cultures, Crescent Moons and Pointed Minarets is equally at home in a classroom reading circle and on a parent's lap being read to a child. If you and your child like books such as Lailah’s Lunchbox, Numbers Colors Shapes, or The Name Jar, you will love Crescent Moons and Pointed Minarets.

Author : Marcus Milwright
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 401 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2024-01-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781003832768

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A Story of Islamic Art by Marcus Milwright Pdf

Providing an introduction to the artistic and architectural traditions of the Islamic world, A Story of Islamic Art explores fifty case studies, taken from different regions of the Islamic world and from the seventh to the twenty-first centuries. The novel aspect of these case studies is that they are presented as fictional narratives, allowing the reader to imagine art and architecture, either in their original cultural settings or at some later point in their histories. These stories are supported by a scholarly framework that allows the reader to continue their exploration of the chosen artefacts and their historical context. The fifty case studies take the form of short stories, each of which focuses on one or more object from the Islamic world. These encompass portable items in a wide variety of media, book illustrations, calligraphy, photographs, architectural decoration, buildings, and archaeological sites. The book also provides a detailed introduction, maps, timeline, glossary, and guides for further reading. This book offers accessible answers to key questions in the scholarship on Islamic art and architecture from its earliest times to the present. The issues dealt with in each of the stories include iconography, attitudes towards representation, the role of script, the elaboration of geometric decoration, the creation of sacred and secular spaces in architecture, and the socio-cultural context of art production and consumption. Artistic interactions between the Islamic world and other regions including Europe and China are also discussed in this book. A Story of Islamic Art is an engaging and informative introduction for interested readers and students of Islamic art, history, and architecture.

Author : Bloom
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1348156958

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Islamic Arts by Bloom Pdf

Author : Oleg Grabar
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1987-01-01
Category : Art
ISBN : 0300040466

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The Formation of Islamic Art by Oleg Grabar Pdf

This classic work on the nature of early Islamic art has now been brought up to date in order to take into consideration material that has recently come to light. In a new chapter, Oleg Grabar develops alternate models for the formation of Islamic art, tightens its chronology, and discusses its implications for the contemporary art of the Muslim world. Reviews of the first edition: "Grabar examines the possible ramifications of sociological, economic, historical, psychological, ecological, and archaeological influences upon the art of Islam. . . [He] explains that Islamic art is woven from the threads of an Eastern, Oriental tradition and the hardy, surviving strands of Classical style, and [he] illustrates this web by means of a variety of convincing and well-chosen examples."--Art Bulletin "A book of absorbing interest and immense erudition. . . All Islamic archaeologists and scholars will thank Professor Grabar for a profound and original study of an immense and complex field, which may provoke controversy but must impress by its mastery and charm by its modesty."--Times Literary Supplement "Oleg Grabar, in this book of exceptional subtlety and taste, surveys and extends his own important contributions to the study of early Islamic art history and works out an original and imaginative approach to the elusive and complex problems of understanding Islamic art."--American Historical Review

Author : Nuzhat Kazmi
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Architecture
ISBN : STANFORD:36105131299070

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Islamic Art by Nuzhat Kazmi Pdf

Islamic Art is a product of certain forceful factors that created a cultural milieu which was centred on the religious ethos and intellectual affinities inspired by Islam and its followers. No art can grow in isolation and nor did Islamic art. From its early manifestations to this date, it has taken from other cultural traditions and has also given to different social structures and visual languages of the world. This book looks at the artistic output of the Islamic civilization through the centuries, from the time of its inception to its interpretations in the contemporary world. The author has brought the inclusive as well as the exclusive qualities of this great tradition of the world with the empathy and seriousness that this unique art demand.

Author : Barbara Brend
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Art
ISBN : 067446866X

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Islamic Art by Barbara Brend Pdf

Presents a region-by-region history of the art of the Islamic world, looking at architecture, the art of the book, mosaics, pottery, textiles, and other decorative art forms.

Author : Finbarr Barry Flood,Gulru Necipoglu
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 1448 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2017-06-16
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781119068570

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A Companion to Islamic Art and Architecture by Finbarr Barry Flood,Gulru Necipoglu Pdf

The two-volume Companion to Islamic Art and Architecture bridges the gap between monograph and survey text by providing a new level of access and interpretation to Islamic art. The more than 50 newly commissioned essays revisit canonical topics, and include original approaches and scholarship on neglected aspects of the field. This two-volume Companion showcases more than 50 specially commissioned essays and an introduction that survey Islamic art and architecture in all its traditional grandeur Essays are organized according to a new chronological-geographical paradigm that remaps the unprecedented expansion of the field and reflects the nuances of major artistic and political developments during the 1400-year span The Companion represents recent developments in the field, and encourages future horizons by commissioning innovative essays that provide fresh perspectives on canonical subjects, such as early Islamic art, sacred spaces, palaces, urbanism, ornament, arts of the book, and the portable arts while introducing others that have been previously neglected, including unexplored geographies and periods, transregional connectivities, talismans and magic, consumption and networks of portability, museums and collecting, and contemporary art worlds; the essays entail strong comparative and historiographic dimensions The volumes are accompanied by a map, and each subsection is preceded by a brief outline of the main cultural and historical developments during the period in question The volumes include periods and regions typically excluded from survey books including modern and contemporary art-architecture; China, Indonesia, Sub-Saharan Africa, Sicily, the New World (Americas)

Author : Heather Ecker,Marton Radkai
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2022-04-12
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 9780500024799

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Cartier and Islamic Art by Heather Ecker,Marton Radkai Pdf

A sumptuous exploration of the ways in which the Islamic arts have inspired the famous jewelry house Cartier, this book accompanies a major exhibition at the Musée des Arts Decoratifs, Paris, and the Dallas Museum of Art. Louis Cartier (1875–1942), the grandson of Cartier founder Louis-François, was an impassioned collector and patron of the arts. He was particularly entranced by Islamic arts, especially Persian book arts: their geometric shapes, color combinations, and motifs are apparent in Cartier jewelry to this day. Louis’s younger brother Jacques—an expert in precious stones—traveled to India and the Persian Gulf in 1911 and 1912 to experience the culture and bring home treasures of the Middle East: natural pearls. This was the pivotal moment when the dialogue between these two worlds opened up, eventually blossoming into a beautiful relationship that has lasted for decades. Published to accompany a major exhibition at the Musée des Arts Decoratifs in Paris and the Dallas Museum of Art, Cartier and Islamic Arts delves into the Cartier archives to trace the story of Louis Cartier’s love of Islamic art and the ways in which he incorporated the Islamic world’s stylized motifs into Cartier’s jewelry. Dazzling photographs are accompanied by in-depth texts from a raft of distinguished scholars of both Islam and the decorative arts.

Author : Robert Hillenbrand
Publisher : Pindar Press
Page : 567 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2012-12-31
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781915837141

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Studies in the Islamic Arts of the Book by Robert Hillenbrand Pdf

The studies collected in this volume, some of them rather difficult of access, date mostly from the last fifteen years and focus primarily on Persian book painting of the 14th to the early 16th centuries. In this period Iran dominated the art of book painting in the Islamic world. The articles reprinted here examine various aspects of this, the golden age of Persian painting. They range from the period of Mongol rule, when the impact of Far Eastern themes and modes radically transformed the heritage bequeathed to Iran by Arab painting - a textbook case of the clash of civilisations - to the dawn of the modern era and the swansong of the classical style of Persian painting under the early Safavids. Yet other articles focus on the roots of book painting in the themes and styles developed in painted ceramics, on medieval Qur'anic calligraphy, on bookbinding and on the remarkably original variations played on the hitherto hackneyed theme of the figural frontispiece by Arab painters. Two major leitmotifs are explored in this selection of essays. One is provided by the constantly varying interpretations of the Shahnama (The Book of Kings), the Persian national epic, and especially the tendency of painters to interpret this familiar text in terms of contemporary politics. The other is the interplay of text and image, which highlights the tendency of painters to strike out on their own and to leave the literal text progressively further behind while they develop plots and sub-plots of their own. These enquiries are set within the context of a concerted effort to explore in detail how Persian painters achieved their most spectacular visual effects. In its combination of general surveys and closely focused analyses of individual manuscripts, this collection of articles will be of interest to specialists in book painting and in Islamic art as a whole.

Author : Jonathan M. Bloom
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 469 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2017-05-15
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781351942584

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Early Islamic Art and Architecture by Jonathan M. Bloom Pdf

This volume deals with the formative period of Islamic art (to c. 950), and the different approaches to studying it. Individual essays deal with architecture, ceramics, coins, textiles, and manuscripts, as well as with such broad questions as the supposed prohibition of images, and the relationships between sacred and secular art. An introductory essay sets each work in context; it is complemented by a bibliography for further reading.

Author : Jonathan M. Bloom,Sheila S. Blair
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2019-01-01
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780300243475

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Islamic Art by Jonathan M. Bloom,Sheila S. Blair Pdf

A group of renowned scholars, collectors, artists, and curators grapple with the challenging notion of defining "Islamic art."

Author : Khursheed Kamal Aziz
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 608 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Art, Islamic
ISBN : STANFORD:36105131300597

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The Meaning of Islamic Art by Khursheed Kamal Aziz Pdf

Author : George N. Atiyeh
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1995-07-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780791495407

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The Book in the Islamic World by George N. Atiyeh Pdf

The Book in the Islamic World brings together serious studies on the book as an intellectual entity and as a vehicle of cultural development. Written by a group of distinguished scholars, it examines and reflects upon this unique tool of communication not as a physical artifact but as a manifestation of the aspirations, values, and wisdom of Arabs and Muslims in general. The Islamic system of book production differed from that of the West. This volume shows the peculiarities of book making and the intellectual principles that governed a book's inner structure, mysteries, and impact on culture. Investigated and explained are the issues involved in printing; the compilation of the Koran, the most important book in Islam; attitudes toward books; the oral versus the written tradition; metaphors of the book in literature; biographical dictionaries, an important genre of Islamic books; the grammatical tradition; women's contribution to calligraphy; scientific manuscripts; the transition from scribal to print culture; publishing in the modern Arab World; and the new electronic media, a non-book vehicle of communication, and its impact on education.