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
University Park : Published for the College Art Association of America by the Pennsylvania State University Press, 1988. First Edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #440743
ISBN: 0271006145
Physical description; xxii, 261 pages, 15 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 29 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references. 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 U?lja?ytu? at Sultaniyya / Eleanor Sims. Imperial symbolism in Mughal painting / Robert Skelton -- The life of the prophet : illustrated versions / Priscilla P. Soucek -- Representations of the Kha?ssiki?yah and the origins of Mamluk emblems / Estelle Whelan -- The scholar, the drinker, and the ceramic pot-painter / Marina D. Whitman. Subjects; Ettinghausen, Richard. Ettinghausen, Richard ; Congresses. Ettinghausen, Richard 1906-1979. Islamic art ; Congresses. Art, Islamic Congresses. Islamic art. Art, Islamic. Visual arts. Islamic World. Fine arts.
Price: €165.00