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Masterpieces of Islamic art : the decorated page from the 8th to the 17th century /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Grabar, Oleg
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Munich ; New York : Prestel, [2009]
Subjects:
Islamic illumination of books and manuscripts.
Table of Contents:
  • A thousand years of images
  • From the Atlantic Ocean to China
  • First steps
  • The birth of book art
  • The first blossoming: thirteenth-century Arab painting in Iraq
  • The Mongols and the new Iranian painting under the Ilkhanids (1290-1336)
  • The dawn of Timurid art
  • The blossoming of Safavid art in the sixteenth century
  • Ottoman painting
  • Mughal painting
  • The creation of images
  • Books and albums
  • The painters
  • The main subjects
  • Invitations to reverie and reflections of reality
  • Opening pages
  • Historical texts
  • Epic poetry: the Shahnama or "Book of Kings"
  • Literary texts
  • The Maqamat or "sessions" of al-Hariri
  • The Bustan of Muslih al-Din Saadi
  • The Mantiq al Tayr or "language of the birds" of al-Farid al-Din Attar
  • The Diwan of Hafez
  • Lyric poetry
  • The Diwan of Khwaju Kirmani
  • The Khamsa or "quintet" of Nizami
  • The Haft Awrang, "the seven thrones" or "The constellation of the Great Bear" of Jami
  • The Istanbul albums
  • Portraits
  • The Falnameh
  • The world of images
  • Prince and court
  • Nomad world and urban world
  • Portraiture and nature
  • Islam and the visual expression of faith
  • Aesthetics and visual values.