Muqarnas [electronic resource] : an annual on the visual culture of the Islamic world. Volume 26 / editor Gulru Necipoglu; managing editor Karen A. Leal.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Necipoğlu, Gülru.

Leal, Karen A.

Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture.

Series:

Muqarnas 26.

Brill eBook titles 2009

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Islamic art.

Islamic architecture.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (396 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Annual on the visual culture of the Islamic world

Place of Publication:

Leiden : Brill, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Muqarnas is sponsored by The Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture at Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Muqarnas 26 contains articles on a variety of topics that span and transcend the geographic and temporal boundaries that have traditionally defined the history of Islamic art and architecture. Contributors include Robert McChesney, Mattia Guidetti, Marcus Schadl, Christian Gruber, Katia Cytryn-Silverman, Doris Abouseif, Olga Bush, Emine Fetvaci, Moya Carey, Bernard O'Kane, Hadi Maktabi, Nadia Erzini and Stephen Vernoit.

Contents:

Preliminary Material / G. Necipoğlu and K Leal

The Byzantine Heritage In The Dār Al-Islām: Churches And Mosques In Al-Ruha Between The Sixth And Twelfth Centuries / Mattia Guidetti

The Umayyad Mosque Of Tiberias / Katia Cytryn-Silverman

The Shrine Of Nasir Khusraw: Imprisoned Deep In The Valley Of Yumgan / Marcus Schadl

An Early Seventeenth-Century Palace Complex (Dawlatkhāna) In Balkh / R. D. Mcchesney

The Writing On The Wall: Reading The Decoration Of The Alhambra / Olga Bush

The Jalayirid Connection In Mamluk Metalware / Doris Behrens-Abouseif

Imari Porcelain In Morocco / Nadia Erzini and Stephen Vernoit

Al-Sufi And Son: Ibn Al-Sufi’S Poem On The Stars And Its Prose Parent / Moya Carey

Reconciliation Or Estrangement? Colophon And Paintings In The Tιem Ẓafarnāma And Some Other Controversial Manuscripts / Bernard O’Kane

Between Logos (Kalima) And Light (Nūr): Representations Of The Prophet Muhammad In Islamic Painting / Christiane Gruber

The Production Of The Şehnāme-I Selīm Ḫān / Fetvaci and Emine Fetvaci

Under The Peacock Throne: Carpets, Felts, And Silks In Persian Painting, 1736–1834 / Hadi Maktabi

Sabra Al-Mansuriyya And Her Neighbors During The First Half Of The Eleventh Century: Investigations Into Stucco Decoration / Marianne Barrucand† and Mourad Rammah

Cumulative (Chronological) Index Of Articles, Muqarnas I–XXV / G. Necipoğlu and K Leal.

Notes:

"Sponsored by the Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture at Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts."

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-282-60258-6

9786612602580

90-474-2933-8

OCLC:

815248622

Publisher Number:

10.1163/ej.9789004175891.i-386 DOI