Art & Architecture

ISBN: 9781904597506
Published by : Pindar Press
Islamic artists channeled their energies not into easel painting and large-scale sculpture, but rather into what Western scholars, obeying a very different hierarchy of art forms, rather disparagingly termed the "decorative arts" or even "the m... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780907132790
Published by : Pindar Press
Although Ernst Grube has made the study of painting in the Muslim world a principal concern, he has also dealt with other aspects of Islamic art in some depth. Over the last three decades he has published a large number of studies dealing with spe... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781909339040
Published by : Medina Publishing
Since the 7th century, Islamic artists, artisans, architects and craftsmen have attempted in their work to reflect their beliefs and cultural values in the most beautiful way they can in every medium and material available to them... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781874780861
Published by : Khalili Collections
Series: The Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Islamic Art
Volume: XVII
The Collection provides an unrivalled resource for the study of Islamic jewellery, with nearly 600 catalogued pieces in gold, silver and copper alloys, of all periods from the 7th to the 20th centuries and from throughout the Isla... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9783201019651
Published by : ADEVA
Series: Glanzlichter of Book Art
Volume: 21
The textbook of surgery written by the Arab physician Abu al-Qasim Khalaf Ibn Abbas az-Zahrawi stood for nearly 500 years as the leading handbook in this field of medicine. It constitutes the oldest and also most important link be... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781407310350
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
Series: Bar S
Volume: 2436
Contents: Introduction (Robert Hillenbrand); I. METALWORK AND TEXTILES: The Freer Canteen: Jerusalem or Jazira? (Teresa Fitzherbert); Mamluk Textiles (Maria Sardi); The Captivating Power of Textiles (Miriam Ali-de-Unzaga); II. CERAMICS: Unravellin... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781898592075
Published by : Azimuth Editions
This volume surveys the Persian miniature and associated arts held in the State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg. The most comprehensive catalogue yet of these collections, it comprises more than 400 works dating from the 15th to t... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780906094570
Published by : Gibb Memorial Trust
Series: Gibb Memorial Trust Arabic Studies
One of the problems pervading the study of medieval Islamic technology is the lack of surviving technical treatises. Tradition tended to be handed down by example and by word of mouth, and apprenticeships could last for decades. Fortunately, howev... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781407308630
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
Between 1999 and 2003 the University of Southampton conducted excavations on the site of Quseir al-Qadim (western shores of the Red Sea), a place that had not been examined since the excavations by the Oriental Institute of the University of C... .... Learn More