Illustrated Encyclopedia of Islamic Art and Architecture

Illustrated Encyclopedia of Islamic Art and Architecture

Einband:
Fester Einband
EAN:
9780754820871
Untertitel:
A Comprehensive History of Islam's 1,400-year Legacy of Art and Design, with 300 Colour Photogrpahs, Reproductions and Fine-art Paintings
Genre:
Kunst
Autor:
Moya Carey
Herausgeber:
Anness Publishing
Anzahl Seiten:
256
Erscheinungsdatum:
30.09.2010
ISBN:
978-0-7548-2087-1

Provides an in-depth survey of 1,400 years of art and architecture from ornate mosques and pottery, to calligraphy, carpets and costume. This book discusses how wonderful works of sacred art glorified Islam's message. It explores the rich heritage of Islamic art.

Autorentext
Moya Carey received her doctorate in Islamic art from the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) at the University of London, in 2001. She is a freelance researcher and lecturer, teaching at the Victoria and Albert Museum, Sotheby's Institute of Art, Birkbeck College and on the Diploma of Asian Art at SOAS. Previously she has worked as a researcher for the Chester Beatty Library in Dublin, the late Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan in Geneva, the Museum of Islamic Art in Doha and the British Museum in London. Her research-interests include the history of manuscript painting in the Islamic world, medieval astronomy iconography and the role of medieval libraries in the transmission of scholarship.

Klappentext
Provides an in-depth and diverse suvery of 1,400 years of art and architecture from ornate mosques and pottery, to calligraphy, carpets and costume


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