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