The visual world of Muslim India : the art, culture and society of the Deccan in the early modern era / edited by Laura E. Parodi ; foreword by Richard M. Eaton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Parodi, Laura Emilia, editor.

Eaton, Richard Maxwell, author of foreword.

Sardar, Marika, author.

Simpkins, Robert Alan, author.

Sohoni, Pushkar, author.

Michell, George, author.

Philon, Helen, author.

Rötzer, K. (Klaus), author.

Kruijtzer, Gijs, author.

Perelman, Laura, author.

Hutton, Deborah, author.

Tucker, Rebecca, author.

Overton, Keelan, 1979- author.

Parodi, Laura, author.

Haidar, Navina Najat, author.

Khalidi, Omar, author.

Contributor:

Richard and Marsha Johnson Fund.

Series:

Library of South Asian history and culture ; v. 2.

Library of South Asian history and culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Islamic art--India--Deccan.

Islamic art.

Deccan (India)--Antiquities.

Deccan (India).

Antiquities.

India--Deccan.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

xxxii, 366 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

London : I.B. Tauris, 2014.

Summary:

Selection of papers presented at a conference 'Art, Patronage and Society in the Muslim Deccan from the Fourteenth Century to the Present Day' (4-6 July 2008) at St. Antony's College, Oxford, with support from the John Fell Fund, Barakat Trust and Alessandro Bruschettini.

Contents:

Foreword / Richard M. Eaton

Introduction / Laura Parodi

The Circular Cities of the Deccan / Marika Sardar

Golconda's Mosques and tombs : Distribution, Chronoloogy and Meaning / Robert Alan Simpkins

Medieval Chaul under the Nizam Shahs : An Archaeological and Historical Investigation / Pushkar Sohoni

Migrations and Cultural Transmissions in the Deccan : Evidence of Monuments at Vijayanagara / Geroge Michell

The 'Great Mosque' at Gulbarga reinterpreted as the Hazar Sutun of Firuz Shah Bahmani / Helen Philon

Deccani Guns : Features and Ornamentation / Klaus Rotzer

The Fighting on the Wall / Gijs Kruijtzer

Variations on a Persian Theme : The Diwan of Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah and the Brith of the Illustrated Urdu Diwan / Laura Weinstein

A Dutch Artist in Bijapur / Deborah Hutton and Rebecca Tucker

Vida de Jacques de Coutre : A Flemish Account of Bijapuri Visual Culture in the Shadow of Mughal Felicity / Keelan Overton

Bidri Ware and the New Mughal Order / Laura E. Parodi

Gulshan-i 'Ishq : Sufi Romance of the Deccan / Navina Najat Haidar

Sacred Spaces and Objects of Popular Deccani Muslmi Devotional Practices / Omar Khalidi

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 341-358) and indexes.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Richard and Marsha Johnson Fund.

ISBN:

9781848857469

1848857462

OCLC:

769547030

Publisher Number:

99958964724