Glazed ceramics of the Islamic world 700-1600 CE / Moujan Matin, Michael Tite.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Matin, Moujan, 1989- author.

Tite, M. S., author.

Series:

Cambridge elements. Elements in archaeological perspectives on materials and technologies, 2754-2939.

Cambridge elements. Elements in archaeological perspectives on materials and technologies, 2754-2939

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Islamic pottery--History.

Islamic pottery.

Pottery, Medieval.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (94 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2025.

Summary:

Of all the material culture of the Islamic World prior to the sixteenth century, only ceramics survive in a way which forms a continuous representative visual history. As such, ceramics provide a unique collection of material from which to study the history of technology. The main technological developments associated with glazed Islamic ceramics were the introduction of tin-opacified glazes, stonepaste bodies, and an extended range of colorants. For each of these developments, consideration is given to the reasons why new technologies were introduced, from where the ideas for the new technologies originated, and why particular technological choices were made. In addition, brief consideration is given both to the very different glaze technologies employed in contemporary China, and to the subsequent spread of the glazed Islamic technology into Western Europe.

Contents:

Cover

Title page

Copyright page

Glazed Ceramics of the Islamic World 700-1600 CE

Contents

1 Introduction

2 Technological Innovations

2.1 Tin-Based Opacification of Ceramic Glazes

2.2 Lustre Decoration

2.3 Stonepaste Bodies

2.4 Glazes

3 Eastern Mediterranean and Southern Mesopotamia

3.1 Eastern Mediterranean

3.2 Southern Mesopotamia

4 Egypt and Syria

4.1 Glazed Clay-Bodied Wares

4.2 Egyptian Stonepaste Wares

4.3 Syrian Stonepaste Wares

5 Iran and the Greater Iran

5.1 Clay-Bodied Ceramics

5.2 Stonepaste Ceramics

6 Anatolia

6.1 Seljuq Ceramics

6.2 Beylik Ceramics

6.3 Masters of Tabriz Tiles

6.4 Miletus Ware

6.5 Iznik Ware

7 The Introduction of Islamic Ceramic Technology into Christian Europe

7.1 The Beginning of Islamic Glazed Ceramic Production in al-Andalus

7.2 Glazed Ceramic Production in Tunisia and Sicily

7.3 Subsequent Developments in Christian Europe

8 Conclusions

References.

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ISBN:

1-009-58293-3

1-009-58294-1

1-009-58291-7

OCLC:

1517983195