The Essentials of Islamic Art: Key Works, Eras, Dynasties, and Techniques
The Essentials of Islamic Art: Key Works, Eras, Dynasties, and Techniques
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A book that introduces the development of Islamic art from the 7th century to the present day. 59 textbook works: architectural monuments, masterpieces of calligraphy, famous carpets and textiles, ceramics and luxury goods.
Art historians use the term 'Islamic art' to describe the vast range of visual culture produced in vast regions of the world - from Spain to India, from Turkey to North Africa, from Central to Southeast Asia - in which Islam has been the dominant religion or in which Islamic communities have emerged and are inhabited. In this book we will look at Islamic art more broadly than is customary in the tradition of European art history, including Russia, China, and Southeast Asia as well. We will speak of the Islamic world as a civilization where the creation of art objects, on the one hand, is subordinated to religious dogmas and, on the other hand, contradicts them and demonstrates an attempt to circumvent the prohibitions. Persian carpets and Qajar portraits, Iznik ceramics and Damascus steel, desert palaces and madrasas, elegant calligrams and miniatures, Tatar shamail and Qaytag embroidery, the Great Umayyad Mosque and the Taj Mahal, poetry and science, the Great Silk Road and the Road of Incense, as well as other landmark achievements of Islamic civilization are collected here, under one cover.
Art historians use the term 'Islamic art' to describe the vast range of visual culture produced in vast regions of the world - from Spain to India, from Turkey to North Africa, from Central to Southeast Asia - in which Islam has been the dominant religion or in which Islamic communities have emerged and are inhabited. In this book we will look at Islamic art more broadly than is customary in the tradition of European art history, including Russia, China, and Southeast Asia as well. We will speak of the Islamic world as a civilization where the creation of art objects, on the one hand, is subordinated to religious dogmas and, on the other hand, contradicts them and demonstrates an attempt to circumvent the prohibitions. Persian carpets and Qajar portraits, Iznik ceramics and Damascus steel, desert palaces and madrasas, elegant calligrams and miniatures, Tatar shamail and Qaytag embroidery, the Great Umayyad Mosque and the Taj Mahal, poetry and science, the Great Silk Road and the Road of Incense, as well as other landmark achievements of Islamic civilization are collected here, under one cover.
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