Prefacing the Image

The Writing of Art History in Sixteenth-Century Iran

AvDavid Roxburgh

Häftad, Engelska, 2000

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Beskrivning

This book studies developments in art historical writing and factors which shaped the album preface. The prefaces were written in Persian between ca. 1491 and 1609 to introduce albums of calligraphy, painting, and drawing assembled for Safavid rulers and courtiers. Approaches to the study of these sources are examined, followed by an analysis of the sociohistorical court-centered context; the circumstances of the texts' composition, reception, and literary dimensions; and their art historical formation and content. It ends with an interpretation of calligrapher Dust Muhammad's preface and his conceptualization of a history and aesthetics of depiction.The book is the first to study the prefaces collectively and in relationship to other cultural practices. It also draws on a wide variety of additional primary sources. It includes forty illustrations and several tables.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2000-12-07
Mått:210 x 270 x 14 mm
Vikt:675 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Muqarnas, Supplements
Antal sidor:272
Förlag:Brill
ISBN:9789004259614

Utforska kategorier

Konsthistoria inom Kultur
Litteraturvetenskap inom Skönlitteratur

Mer om författaren

David J. Roxburgh, Ph.D. (1996) in History of Art, University of Pennsylvania, is Assistant Professor of History of Art and Architecture, Harvard University. He has published on arts of the book and albums, mainly form Iran and Central Asia. David J. Roxburgh, Ph.D. (1996), University of Pennsylvania, is Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Professor of Islamic Art History at Harvard University. His publications include Prefacing the Image (Brill, 2001) and The Persian Album (Yale University Press, 2005).

Innehållsförteckning

CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION TO THE PREFACESCHAPTER TWO: THE AUTHORS AND THEIR MILIEUCHAPER THREE: COMPOSITION AND CONTEXTCHAPTER FOUR: LITERARY DIMENSIONSCHAPTER FIVE: ART IN HISTORY AND PRACTICECHAPTER SIX: LIFTING THE VEIL FROM THE FACE OF DEPICTION: DUST MUHAMMAD’S PREFACECHAPTER SEVEN: EPILOGUEAPPENDIX 1. DESCRIPTION, LITERATURE, AND RECENSIONSAPPENDIX 2. PREFACES IN OTHER LITERARY GENRESAPPENDIX 3. MASTER-STUDENT RELATIONSHIPSGLOSSARYBIBLIOGRAPHYINDEX