The iconography of Islamic art : studies in honour of Robert Hillenbrand / edited by Bernard O'Kane.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

O'Kane, Bernard, Author.

Contributor:

O'Kane, Bernard, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Islamic art.

Islamic architecture.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 336 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2005]

Summary:

People have been searching for meaning in Islamic art for centuries. This generously illustrated book explores the iconography of Islamic art from an illuminating range of perspectives.An overarching theme connects these varied approaches, linking the interpretation of objects to textual sources. The result is a collection of revealing studies of motifs as diverse as the peacock, trees, and the figure holding a cup and branch, and of new interpretations of fascinating objects, such as Mongol, Arab and Safavid paintings, or monuments from Egypt to India.Includes contributions from:Sylvia AuldMarianne BarrucandSheila S. BlairJonathan M. BloomBarbara BrendAnna ContadiniAbbas DaneshvariGeza FehervariBarbara FinsterFinbarr Barry FloodOleg GrabarUlrike al-KhamisMarcus MilwrightBernard O'KaneB. W. RobinsonAvinoam ShalemRaya Y. ShaniRachel Ward

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

Illustration

Contributors

Acknowledgments

Chapter one. Birds and Blessings: Akohl-pot from Jerusalem

Chapter two. Remarks on the Iconography of the Medieval Capitals of Cairo: Form and Emplacement

Chapter Three. A mongol envoy

Chapter four. Almoravid geometric designs in the pavement of the Cappella Palatina in Palermo

Chapter five. A kingly posture: the iconography of sultan Husayn Bayqara

Chapter six. Musical Beasts: The swan-phoenix in the Ibn Bakhtīshū

Chapter seven. Cup, branch, bird and fish: an Iconographical study of the figure holding a cup and a branch flanked by a bird and a fish

Chapter eight. Islamic incense-burners and the influence of Buddhist art

Chapter nine. vine ornament and pomegranates as palace decoration in 'Anjar

Chapter ten. Persianate trends in sultanate arhitecture: the great Mosque of Bada'un

Chapter eleven. Silks, pots and jugs: Al-Jahiz and objects of Common Use

Chapter twelve. Khusrau Parviz as champion of Shi'ism? A closer look at an early Safavid miniature painting in the royal museum of Edinburgh

Chapter thirteen 'Waves of the Sea': responses to marble in written sources (ninth-fifteenth centuries)

Chapter fourteen. The arboreal Aesthetic: landscape, painting and architecture from Mongol Iran to Mamluk Egypt

Chapter fifteen. Te Vicissitudes of Rustam a

Chapter sixteen. Made for the show: the medieval treasury of the Ka'ba in Mecca

Chapter seventeen. A pictorial representation of the Ḥadīth al-thaqalayn in an Ilkhanid Copy of Bal'ami's Tarjuma-yi tarikh-i Tabari in the Freer Gallery

Chapter eighteen. Style versus substance: the christian iconography on two vessels made for the Ayyubid sultan al-Salih Ayyub

Bibliography of Robert Hillenbrand's Work

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4744-7142-0

OCLC:

1306538325