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Symbols of power : luxury textiles from Islamic lands, 7th-21st century / Louise W. Mackie.
Fine Arts Library NK8808.9 .M33 2015
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mackie, Louise W., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cleveland Museum of Art.
- Islamic textile fabrics--History--Catalogs.
- Islamic textile fabrics.
- Textile fabrics--Islamic countries--History--Catalogs.
- Textile fabrics.
- Textile fabrics--Ohio--Cleveland--Catalogs.
- Cleveland Museum of Art--Catalogs.
- History.
- Islamic countries.
- Ohio--Cleveland.
- Genre:
- History.
- Catalogs.
- Physical Description:
- 517 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 33 cm
- Distribution:
- New Haven, CT : Distributed by Yale University Press.
- Other Title:
- Luxury textiles from Islamic lands, 7th-21st century
- Luxury textiles from Islamic lands, seventh to twenty first century
- Place of Publication:
- Cleveland, OH : Cleveland Museum of Art, [2015]
- Summary:
- For centuries, luxury textiles were symbols of status, wealth and power at Islamic imperial courts from the Atlantic to the Indian Ocean, setting standards for beauty and fueling prosperous, urban economies. This book offers an unparalleled examination of Islamic luxury textiles, drawn from the Cleveland Museum of Art's exemplary collection as well as from museums on four continents. Leading scholar Louise W. Mackie offers a generous overview of the cultural significance of these textiles, as well as descriptions of primary motifs and patterns, and explanations of various techniques used in their production. With singular insight into distinctive artistic characteristics of wealthy dynasties and periods, the text - complemented by more than 450 sumptuous illustrations - pinpoints luxury textiles as a vital link between art, culture and history of the Islamic world. This book offers a much needed contribution to scholarship on both textiles and Islamic art, and paves the way for further study and appreciation of these objects.
- Contents:
- Textile power, industry, and characteristics
- Early textiles, 650-1100
- Tiraz, 800-1150
- Silk spendor, 950-1300
- Islamic Spain, 940-1492
- Mongol Iran and Iraq, 1256-1353
- Mamluk Egypt and Syria, 1250-1517
- Ottoman Turkey, 1453-1924
- Iran and Central Asia, 1501-1925
- Mughal India, 1526-1858
- Modern era, 1840-2010.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 498-503) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Adam H. Fetterolf Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9780300206098
- 0300206097
- OCLC:
- 881612381
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