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Early Islamic Art, 650-1100 - Constructing the Study of Islamic Art, Volume I (Paperback) Loot Price: R1,596
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Early Islamic Art, 650-1100 - Constructing the Study of Islamic Art, Volume I (Paperback): Oleg Grabar

Early Islamic Art, 650-1100 - Constructing the Study of Islamic Art, Volume I (Paperback)

Oleg Grabar

Series: Variorum Collected Studies

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Early Islamic Art, 650-1100 is the first in a set of four volumes of studies by Oleg Grabar. Between them they bring together more than eighty articles, studies and essays, work spanning half a century. Each volume takes a particular section of the topic, the three subsequent volumes being entitled: Islamic Visual Culture, 1100-1800; Islamic Art and Beyond; and Jerusalem. Reflecting the many incidents of a long academic life, they illustrate one scholar's attempt at making order and sense of 1400 years of artistic growth. They deal with architecture, painting, objects, iconography, theories of art, aesthetics and ornament, and they seek to integrate our knowledge of Islamic art with Islamic culture and history as well as with the global concerns of the History of Art. In addition to the articles selected, each volume contains an introduction which describes, often in highly personal ways, the context in which Grabar's scholarship developed and the people who directed and mentored his efforts. The present volume concentrates primarily on documents provided by archaeology understood in its widest sense, and including the study of texts with reference to monuments or to the contexts of these monuments. The articles included represent major contributions to the understanding of the formative centuries of Islamic art, focusing on the Umayyad (661-750) and Fatimid (969-1171) dynasties in Greater Syria and in Egypt, and on the Mediterranean or Iranian antecedents of early Islamic art. Historical, cultural, and religious themes, including the role of court ceremonies, the growth of cities, and the importance of the Qur'an, are introduced to help explain how a new art was formed in the central lands of the Near East and how its language can be retrieved from visual or written sources.

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Imprint: Routledge
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Series: Variorum Collected Studies
Release date: September 2018
First published: 2005
Authors: Oleg Grabar
Dimensions: 254 x 178 x 28mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 356
ISBN-13: 978-1-138-37550-5
Categories: Books > Arts & Architecture > History of art / art & design styles > 500 CE to 1400 > General
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LSN: 1-138-37550-0
Barcode: 9781138375505

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