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Masterpieces of Islamic art : the decorated page from the 8th to the 17th century / Oleg Grabar ; [translation from the French, Alayne Pullen in association with First Edition Translations].
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Grabar, Oleg.
- Standardized Title:
- Images en terres d'Islam. English
- Language:
- English
- French
- Subjects (All):
- Islamic illumination of books and manuscripts.
- Physical Description:
- 224 pages : color illustrations ; 36 cm
- Other Title:
- Islamic art
- Place of Publication:
- Munich ; New York : Prestel, [2009]
- Contents:
- A thousand years of images
- From the Atlantic Ocean to China
- First steps
- The birth of book art
- The first blossoming: thirteenth-century Arab painting in Iraq
- The Mongols and the new Iranian painting under the Ilkhanids (1290-1336)
- The dawn of Timurid art
- The blossoming of Safavid art in the sixteenth century
- Ottoman painting
- Mughal painting
- The creation of images
- Books and albums
- The painters
- The main subjects
- Invitations to reverie and reflections of reality
- Opening pages
- Historical texts
- Epic poetry: the Shahnama or "Book of Kings"
- Literary texts
- The Maqamat or "sessions" of al-Hariri
- The Bustan of Muslih al-Din Saadi
- The Mantiq al Tayr or "language of the birds" of al-Farid al-Din Attar
- The Diwan of Hafez
- Lyric poetry
- The Diwan of Khwaju Kirmani
- The Khamsa or "quintet" of Nizami
- The Haft Awrang, "the seven thrones" or "The constellation of the Great Bear" of Jami
- The Istanbul albums
- Portraits
- The Falnameh
- The world of images
- Prince and court
- Nomad world and urban world
- Portraiture and nature
- Islam and the visual expression of faith
- Aesthetics and visual values.
- Notes:
- Originally published: Paris : Editions de la Réunion des musées nationaux, 2009.
- Includes bibliographical references (page 222) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9783791343792
- 3791343793
- OCLC:
- 436262421
- Publisher Number:
- 99939772986
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