Text and Image in Medieval Persian Art

Häftad, Engelska, 2019

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Beskrivning

Focusing on 5 objects found in the main media at the time - ceramics, metalware, painting, architecture and textiles - Sheila S. Blair shows how artisans played with form, material and decoration to engage their audiences. She also shows how the reception of these objects has changed and that their present context has implications for our understanding of the past. Greater Iranian arts from the 10th to the 16th century are technically some of the finest produced anywhere. They are also intellectually engaging, showing the lively interaction between the verbal and the visual arts.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2019-01-18
Mått:172 x 244 x 17 mm
Vikt:856 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Edinburgh Studies in Islamic Art
Antal sidor:352
Förlag:Edinburgh University Press
ISBN:9781474446327
Utmärkelser:Commended for British-Kuwait Friendship Society Book Prize 2015

Utforska kategorier

Konsthistoria inom Kultur
Sociala grupper och identitet inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

Sheila S. Blair is the Norma Jean Calderwood University Professor of Islamic and Asian Art and the Boston College and Hamad bin Khalifa Endowed Chair of Islamic Art, Virginia Commonwealth University.

Recensioner i media

Beautifully produced and extensively illustrated.

Innehållsförteckning

Preface; Introduction; I. The Art of Writing: A Bowl from Samarqand; 1. Provenance; 2. The Ceramic Setting; 3. Inscriptions; 4. Script; 5. Clientele; 6. Wider Horizons; 7. Afterlife; II. Perfuming the Air: A Rosewater Sprinkler from Herat; 1. Provenance; 2. The Geographical and Historical Setting; 3. Metalwares from Herat; 4. Patronage; 5. Function; 6. Decoration; 7. Afterlife; III. Monumentality under the Mongols: the Tomb of Uljaytu at Sultaniyya; 1. Construction and Redecoration; 2. Reasons for Redecoration; 3. The Pious Foundation; 4. The Architectural Setting; 5. The Tomb as Inspiration for later Mongol Rulers; 6. The Tomb as inspiration for the Ilkhanids’ Rivals; 7. Afterlife; IV. A Romantic Interlude: The Wedding Celebration from a Manuscript with Three Poems by Khwaju Kirmani; 1. The Text and its Calligrapher; 2. The Illustrated Folios; 3. Adding the Paintings; 4. The Royal Setting; 5. The Role of Women; 6. Afterlife; V. Proclaiming Sovereignty: The Ardabil Carpets; 1. Provenance; 2. The Inscription; 3. Gifts to shrines; 4. Why Ardabil in the 1540s?; 5. The Repurposed Jannat Saray; 6. Afterlife at the Shrine; 7. Afterlife in the West; VI. Conclusion; Bibliography.