Content and context of visual arts in the Islamic world : papers from a Colloquium in Memory of Richard Ettinghausen, Institute of Fine Arts, New York University, 2-4 April 1980 / planned and organized by Carol Manson Bier ; edited by Priscilla P. Soucek
1988, 1st edition. University Park : Published for the College Art Association of America by the Pennsylvania State University Press. Fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #423738
ISBN: 0271006145
Physical description: xxii, 261 pages, 15 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 29 cm. Series: Monographs on the fine arts ; 44. Contents: Foreword / James R. McCredie -- Introduction / Carol Manson Bier and Priscilla P. Soucek -- The Nishapur metalwork : cultural interaction in early Islamic Iran / James W. Allan -- Observations on the iconography of the mosaics in the Great Mosque at Damascus / Klaus Brisch -- The draped universe of Islam / Lisa Golombek -- The iconography of Islamic architecture / Oleg Grabar -- Sa d : content and context / Marilyn Jenkins. Technical note / Gary W. Carriveau -- Two illustrated manuscripts in the Malek Library, Tehran / B.W. Robinson -- Calligraphy and common script : epitaphs from Aswan and Akhlat / J.M. Rogers -- The "iconography" of the internal decoration in the mausoleum of lj yt at Sultaniyya / Eleanor Sims. Imperial symbolism in Mughal painting / Robert Skelton -- The life of the prophet : illustrated versions / Priscilla P. Soucek -- Representations of the Kh ssik yah and the origins of Mamluk emblems / Estelle Whelan -- The scholar, the drinker, and the ceramic pot-painter / Marina D. Whitman. Subjects: Ettinghausen, Richard. Islamic art ; Congresses. Visual arts. Islamic World.
Price: €125.00