Constructing the Study of Islamic Art, Volume I
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Köp båda 2 för 2420 krPrize: Best work in the field of Islamic Studies, World prize for the Book of theYear of the Islamic Republic of Iran 'Ashgate has provided a handsome, well-illustrated production at what, for this rarified material, is a remarkably reasonable price.' CAA Reviews 'This volume is packed with nuggets for the curious.' Saudi Aramco World 'Ashgate Variorum has now acknowledged Grabar's signal contribution to the field with a beautifully produced four-volume collection of his shorter publications. Grabar's former students and numerous other fans will welcome the ready access this matched set affords to scores of Grabar's articles... Even readers broadly familliar with Grabar's variegated contributions to the field will find something new here. In its very thougthful thematic arrangement, this collection presents a comprehensive methodological overview that truly lives up to its series title, Constructing the Study of Islamic Art... All in all, this marvelous collection by a truly memorable man belongs in every serious art history collection.' Religion and the Arts
Oleg Grabar is Professor Emeritus in the School of Historical Studies at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, USA, and Aga Khan Professor Emeritus of Islamic Art and Architecture at Harvard University, USA.
Contents: Preface; Introduction. Part I Origins and Context: Islamic art and Byzantium; Islam and iconoclasm; Upon reading al-Azraqi; The iconography of Islamic architecture; Art and architecture and the Qur'an. Part 2 Secular Culture under the Umayyads: Sondages Khirbat el-Minyeh; Umayyad 'Palace' and the 'Abbasid Revolution'; Notes sur les crmonies Umayyades; The date and meaning of Mshatta; La place de Qusayr 'Amrah dans l'art profane du Haut Moyen Age; L'art Omeyyade en Syrie, source de l'art islamique; Umayyad palaces reconsidered. Part 3 Fatimid Egypt and the Muslim West: Imperial and urban art in Islam: the subject-matter of Fatimid art; Fatimid art, precursor or culmination; Notes sur le mihrab de la Grande Mosque de Cordoue; Two paradoxes in the Islamic art of the Spanish peninsula; Qu'est-ce que l'art Fatimide. Part 4 The Muslim East: Sarvistan: a note on Sasanian places; Notes on the decorative composition of a bowl from northeastern Iran; A 10th-century source for architecture. Index.