| Description |
1 online resource (xvii, 430 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color). |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Edinburgh studies in Islamic art
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Edinburgh studies in Islamic art.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 388-420) and index. |
| Summary |
"In their own words, Jonathan Bloom and Sheila Blair espouse 'things and thinginess rather than theories and isations'. Its many insights, firmly anchored in artistic practice, are supported by ample technical know-how. The range is wide - mosques becoming temples; how religious buildings reflect politics; Yemeni frescoes and inscriptions; domestic Syrian 18th-century ornament; Egyptian bookbinding techniques; recycling and repair in Damascene crafts; conservation versus restoration; narrative on ceramics; metalwork with architectural motifs; lost buildings reconstructed; how objects speak; Muslim burials in China; the role of migrating potters; Mughal painting; stone carpet weights; the use of metals in Islamic manuscripts, calligraphy and modern artists' books. This book's practical, down-to-earth dimension, expressed in plain, simple English, runs counter to the current fashion for theoretical explanations and their accompanying jargon when exploring the world of Islamic art. This bottom-up approach differs radically and refreshingly from that of much top-down contemporary scholarship. It privileges the maker rather than the patron."--Publisher description. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Islamic art.
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Islamic art. |
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Islamic architecture.
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Islamic architecture. |
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ART / Subjects & Themes / Religious. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Festschriften.
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Festschriften.
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| Added Author |
Hillenbrand, Robert, editor.
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Blair, Sheila, honoree.
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Bloom, Jonathan (Jonathan M.), honoree.
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| Other Form: |
Print version : Making of Islamic art. Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2021] 1474434290 (OCoLC)1086567745 |
| ISBN |
1474434304 |
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9781474434300 (electronic book) |
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9781474434294 (hardback) |
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