Prefacing the image : the writing of art history in sixteenth-century Iran / by David J. Roxburgh.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Roxburgh, David J.

Series:

Studies and sources in Islamic art and architecture. Supplements to Muqarnas. 0921-0326 ; v. 9.

Studies and sources in Islamic art and architecture. Supplements to Muqarnas, 0921-0326 ; v. 9

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Art, Safavid--Historiography--Sources.

Islamic art--Iran--Historiography--Sources.

Islamic art.

Art criticism.

History.

Art, Safavid.

Historiography.

Iran.

Art criticism--Iran--History--Sources.

Genre:

Sources.

Physical Description:

xviii, 272 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2001.

Contents:

Priorities and Perceptions in the Study of Sixteenth-Century Persian Art Historiography 5

Approaches and Methods in Literary Study 15

2. The Authors and Their Milieu 18

The Preface Authors 22

The Historical and Cultural Milieu 37

The Rise of Art Historiographic Literature 46

3. Composition and Context 52

Composing the Preface, Making the Album 53

Contexts of Use 62

4. Literary Dimensions 83

Organization and Sequence 88

Language 103

Recurring Themes and Images of the Album 107

Intertextuality and Literary Borrowings 115

5. Art in History and Practice 122

Before the Preface: Biographical and Historical Works, and Treatises on Calligraphy 122

The Album Preface: Writing Histories of Art 133

The Practitioner's Place in the Tradition 145

Judgment and Response 150

6. Lifting the Veil from the Face of Depiction: Dust Muhammad's Preface 160

Baysunghur and Amir Khalil: Patron and Painter 167

The Chest of Witnessing 170

Mani's Artangi Tablet 174

Images, Revelation, Creativity 179

1. Description, Literature, and Recensions 216

2. Prefaces in Other Literary Genres 226

3. Master-Student Relationships 230.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [249]-262) and index.

ISBN:

9004113762

OCLC:

44811633