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Author : Eva Baer
Release : 1989
Genre : Social Science
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Book Rating : 624/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Ayyubid Metalwork With Christian Images by : Eva Baer
Download or read book Ayyubid Metalwork With Christian Images written by Eva Baer. This book was released on 1989. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Eva Baer
Release : 2023-12-21
Genre : Art
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Book Rating : 801/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Ayyubid Metalwork with Christian Images by : Eva Baer
Download or read book Ayyubid Metalwork with Christian Images written by Eva Baer. This book was released on 2023-12-21. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Venetia Porter
Release : 2012-06-29
Genre : Architecture
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Book Rating : 887/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Metalwork and Material Culture in the Islamic World by : Venetia Porter
Download or read book Metalwork and Material Culture in the Islamic World written by Venetia Porter. This book was released on 2012-06-29. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The material and visual culture of the Islamic World casts vast arcs through space and time, and encompasses a huge range of artefacts and monuments from the minute to the grandiose, from ceramic pots to the great mosques. Here, Venetia Porter and Mariam Rosser-Owen assemble leading experts in the field to examine both the objects themselves and the ways in which they reflect their historical, cultural and economic contexts. With a focus on metalwork, this volume includes an important new study of Mosul metalwork and presents recent discoveries in the fields of Fatimid, Mamluk and Qajar metalwork. By examining architecture, ceramics, ivories and textiles, seventeenth-century Iranian painting and contemporary art, the book explores a wide range of artistic production and historical periods from the Umayyad caliphate to the modern Middle East. This rich and detailed volume makes a significant contribution to the fields of Art History, Architecture and Islamic Studies, bringing new objects to light, and shedding new light on old objects.
Author : Aaron Michael Butts
Release : 2021-01-08
Genre : Religion
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Book Rating : 682/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Syriac Christian Culture by : Aaron Michael Butts
Download or read book Syriac Christian Culture written by Aaron Michael Butts. This book was released on 2021-01-08. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Syriac Christianity developed in the first centuries CE in the Middle East, where it continued to flourish throughout Late Antiquity and the Medieval period, while also spreading widely, as far as India and China. Today, Syriac Christians are found in the Middle East, in India, as well in diasporas scattered across the globe. Over this extended time period and across this vast geographic expanse, Syriac Christians have built impressive churches and monasteries, crafted fine pieces of art, and written and transmitted a sizable body of literature. Though often overlooked, neglected, and even persecuted, Syriac Christianity has been – and continues to be – an important part of the humanistic heritage of the last two millennia. The present volume brings together fourteen studies that offer fresh perspectives on Syriac Christianity, especially its literary texts and authors. The timeframes of the individual studies span from the second-century Syriac translation of the Hebrew Bible up to the thirteenth century with the end of the Syriac Renaissance. Several studies analyze key authors from Late Antiquity, such as Aphrahat, Ephrem, Narsai, and Jacob of Serugh. Others investigate translations into Syriac, both from Hebrew and from Greek, while still others examine hagiography, especially its formation and transmission. Reflecting a growing trend in the field, the volume also devotes significant attention to the Medieval period, during which Syriac Christians lived under Islamic rule. The studies in the volume are united in their quest to explore the richness, diversity, and vibrance of Syriac Christianity.
Author : Saygin Salgirli
Release : 2021-07-29
Genre : Architecture
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Book Rating : 871/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Inside/Outside Islamic Art and Architecture by : Saygin Salgirli
Download or read book Inside/Outside Islamic Art and Architecture written by Saygin Salgirli. This book was released on 2021-07-29. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When we walk into a gallery, we have a fairly good idea where the building begins and ends; and inside, while observing a painting, we are equally confident in distinguishing between the painting-proper and its frame and borders. Yet, things are often more complicated. A building defines an exterior space just as much as an interior, and what we perceive to be ornamental and marginal to a given painting may in fact be central to what it represents. In this volume, a simple question is presented: instead of dichotomous separations between inside and outside, or exterior and interior, what other relationships can we think of? The first book of its kind to grapple with this question, Inside/Outside Islamic Art and Architecture focuses on a wide spectrum of mediums and topics, including painted manuscripts, objects, architectural decoration, architecture and urban planning, and photography. Bringing together scholars with diverse methodologies-who work on a geographical span stretching from India to Spain and Nigeria, and across a temporal spectrum from the thirteenth to the twenty-first century-this original book also poses engaging questions about the boundaries of the field.
