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The Islamic World

Door Stuart Cary Welch

Categorie
Algemeen Kunst
Boeknummer
#391182-KG25
Titel
The Islamic World
Auteur
Welch, Stuart Cary
Boektype
Paperback
Uitgeverij
New York, NY : Metropolitan Museum of Art
Jaar van uitgave
1987
ISBN10
0300087861
ISBN13
9780300087864
Taal
Engels
Beschrijving
Paperback, numerous (full page) illustrations in colour, foldable map, 4to.
Samenvatting
In this volume of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, over 140 objects and pictures are reproduced, giving a sweeping view of the many styles and mediums in which Islamic artists worked, from Spain to India, over more than ten centuries. Pages from Korans, epic poems, poetic anthologies, and albums, as well as glasswork, jewelry, and stone and woodcarving show the rich variety of Islamic art. A room from Damascus, created in the eighteenth century, reveals the exquisite craftsmanship for which Islamic architects, woodcarvers, and ceramists are justly famous. Example of the vaious calligraphic styles are shown, Islamic glass and ceramics, beautiful and critically important in the development of these mediums in the West, are illustrated by examples from every corner of the Muslim world, while c... (Lees verder)arpets are profusely illustrated by examples from Egypt, Turkey, Iran, and India. Together, the paintings and objects reproduced here offer a richly rewarding aesthetic adventure and a revealing picture of the variety and brilliance of over ten centuries of artistic achievement.
Pagina's
160
Conditie
Goed — Front cover discoloured alongf the edge.
Prijs
€ 20,00

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