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Suad Al-Attar (Hardcover)
Nesma Shubber; Artworks by Suad Al-Attar; Foreword by Venetia Porter
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R927
Discovery Miles 9 270
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Suad Al-Attar is an extensively illustrated monograph featuring
original photography of more than 100 expressive and surrealistic
paintings and drawings by one of Iraq's most renowned artists.
Written by the artist's granddaughter - writer and art historian
Nesma Shubber - the book offers unique access to the career of a
truly sensational artist and painter. In beautifully written prose,
Shubber tells the story of her grandmother's life and work.
Beginning with the artist's early formative years in Baghdad and
her arrival in London in 1976, we discover the origins of
Al-Attar's international career up to the present day in a personal
account of an extraordinary woman and artist. For the first time,
this book brings together treasured drawings and paintings
carefully selected from the artist's archive to form the most
comprehensive published collection of work by Suad Al-Attar as well
as a rare document of her remarkable life.
The first and only book on one of the finest private collections of
contemporary Iranian art This sumptuous volume features almost 250
contemporary artworks and a selection of medieval and early modern
Islamic art - the heralded collection of Mohammed Afkhami, a
prominent player at the cultural and regional front line of Middle
Eastern art. Honar (meaning 'art' in Farsi, the language of Iran),
includes works ranging from the disturbingly subversive to
exquisitely inclusive, exhibiting the pain of exile, the querying
of ideology, and the artistic insistence on personal independence.
This illustrated introduction offers a fresh approach to the
history of the Islamic world from its origins to the present day.
Told in six chapters, arranged both chronologically and
thematically, and richly enhanced with outstanding images, it
provides an illuminating insight into the material culture produced
from West Africa to Southeast Asia through art and artefacts,
people and places. From pre-Islamic works that provided a
foundation for the arts of Islam to masterpieces produced under the
great empires and objects that continue to be made today, this
expansive survey traces the development of civilizations at the
forefront of philosophical and scientific ideas, artistic and
literary developments, and technological innovations, exploring a
wealth of cultural treasures along the way. Texts are accompanied
by a wide variety of objects, including architectural decoration,
ceramics, jewellery, metalwork, calligraphy, textiles, musical
instruments, coins, illustrated manuscripts, and modern and
contemporary art, all of which shed new light on the Islamic world
both past and present. This book will inspire and inform anyone
interested in one of the most influential and diverse cultures of
the world.
Ceramic tiles have been produced for over a thousand years in the
heartlands of the Islamic world, from Iraq in the ninth century to
Turkey in the nineteenth. The wealth of designs and colors used to
decorate mosques, shrines and palaces later provided inspiration
for European artists and designers. This book first explains the
various techniques of the craftsmen and then traces the development
of tilework, beginning with pre-Islamic tradition, through the
major periods and across a wide geographic area. Superb color
photographs and informative text make this book a treasure for
anyone interested in art and design.
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