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Islam
A Thousand Years of Faith and Power
Av Jonathan M. Bloom, Sheila S. Blair
Häftad, 2002
190 kr
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In its first thousand years—from the revelations to Muhammad in the seventh century to the great Islamic empires of the sixteenth--Islamic civilization flourished. While Europeans suffered through the Dark Ages, Muslims in such cities as Jerusalem, Damascus, Alexandria, Fez, Tunis, Cairo, and …
By the Pen and What They Write
Writing in Islamic Art and Culture
Av Sheila S. Blair, Jonathan M. Bloom
Inbunden, 2017
682 kr
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Considered by Muslims as the only true art, calligraphy has played a prominent role in Islamic culture since the time of the prophet Muhammad. Exploring this central role of the written word in Islam and how writing practices have evolved and adapted in different historical contexts, this book …
Islamic Art
Past, Present, Future
Av Jonathan M. Bloom, Sheila S. Blair
Inbunden, 2019
592 kr
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In a world where the making and consumption of art is constantly changing, the term "Islamic art" can be hard to define. Through the exploration of a wide array of media—from painting, sculpture, and photography to video and multimedia—an internationally renowned group of scholars, collectors, …
Islamic Inscriptions
Inbunden, 1998
1450 kr
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The first object created by God, according to early Muslim commentators, was the pen, which he used to chronicle events to come. The word, in its various manifestations, is central to the Islamic faith. Surely a reflection of this centrality, profuse inscriptions mark countless Islamic objects, …
Iranian Art from the Sasanians to the Islamic Republic
Essays in Honour of Linda Komaroff
Av Sheila S. Blair, Jonathan M. Bloom m. fl.
Inbunden, 2024
1644 kr
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Linda Komaroff, long-time curator of the Art of the Middle East at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), has pioneered in the study and exhibition of Islamic art to include contemporary works. Her interests have long focused on the arts of Iran. With this volume her friends and colleagues …
Text and Image in Medieval Persian Art
Häftad, 2019
700 kr
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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 …
God Is Beautiful and Loves Beauty: The Object in Islamic Art and Culture
Av Sheila S. Blair, Jonathan M. Bloom
Inbunden
746 kr
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Islamic Calligraphy
Häftad, 2008
797 kr
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WINNER OF THE BRITISH-KUWAIT FRIENDSHIP SOCIETY PRIZE 2007'This must be the best book ever written about Islamic Calligraphy. Its author has carefully judged it to meet the demands not only of anyone interested in Arabic writing, but also of specialists. The Judges Panel agreed that this is a work …
