ISBN:
9780300215281
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0300215282
Language:
English
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Arabic
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Persian
Pages:
xi, 357 Seiten
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Illustrationen, Karten
DDC:
700.961
Keywords:
Islamic arts Congresses
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Islamic civilization Congresses
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Light in art Congresses
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Konferenzschrift 09.11.2013-11.11.2013
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Konferenzschrift
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Islam
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Licht
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Islamische Kunst
;
Islamische Architektur
Abstract:
The Qur'an makes rich references to light, tying it to revelation, and light consequently permeates the culture and visual arts of the Islamic lands. This book explores the integral role of light in Islamic civilization across a wide range of media, from the Qur'an and literature to buildings, paintings, performances, photography, and other works produced over the past 14 centuries. A team of international experts conveys current scholarship on Islamic art in a manner that is engaging and accessible to the general reader. The objects discussed include some of the first identifiable works of Islamic art-modest oil lamps inscribed in Arabic, which developed into elaborately decorated metal and glass lamps and chandeliers. Later, photography, which creates images with light, was readily adopted in Islamic lands, and it continues to provide inspiration for contemporary artists. Generously illustrated with specially commissioned, sumptuous color photographs, this book shows the potential of light to reveal color, form, and meaning
Abstract:
The Qur'an makes rich references to light, tying it to revelation, and light consequently permeates the culture and visual arts of the Islamic lands. This book explores the integral role of light in Islamic civilization across a wide range of media, from the Qur'an and literature to buildings, paintings, performances, photography, and other works produced over the past 14 centuries. A team of international experts conveys current scholarship on Islamic art in a manner that is engaging and accessible to the general reader. The objects discussed include some of the first identifiable works of Islamic art-modest oil lamps inscribed in Arabic, which developed into elaborately decorated metal and glass lamps and chandeliers. Later, photography, which creates images with light, was readily adopted in Islamic lands, and it continues to provide inspiration for contemporary artists. Generously illustrated with specially commissioned, sumptuous color photographs, this book shows the potential of light to reveal color, form, and meaning
Note:
"This volume, the latest in a series based on the Hamad bin Khalifa Biennial Symposium on Islamic Art and Culture, presents written versions of the lectures delivered in Palermo, Sicily, from 9-11 November 2013" Introduction
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Enthält die Beiträge des 5. Hamad bin Khalifa Symposium on Islamic Art and Culture, Palermo, 9.-11. November 2013
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Foreword
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Introduction : light in Islamic art and culture
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My art and light
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Light in the Qur'an and early Islamic exegesis
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Light and dark : the "checkered history" of early optics
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The uses of light in Islamic architecture
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Facets of light : the case of rock crystals
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Pottery and light
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Light in Persian poetry
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The management of light in Persian painting
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The delight and amiability of light in Mamluk architecture
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By the light of the sun of Jahangir
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Illuminating Ottoman ceremonial
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The power of "light-drawing" : on the uses of photography in Qajar Iran
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Text überwiegend in englischer Sprache, teilweise in arabisch und persisch. - Text teilweise in arabischer und persischer Schrift
