Precious materials : the arts of metal in the medieval Iranian world, 10th-13th centuries /
A historic collection of metal art from ancient Iran, featuring images of more than 150 objects described in detail and fully illustrated, some with X-rays. Medieval metalwork is one of the artistic highlights of the Iranian world, as well as of the Département des Arts de l'Islam at the Louvre...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | Translated from French. |
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London :
Gingko,
[2023]
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| Summary: | A historic collection of metal art from ancient Iran, featuring images of more than 150 objects described in detail and fully illustrated, some with X-rays. Medieval metalwork is one of the artistic highlights of the Iranian world, as well as of the Département des Arts de l'Islam at the Louvre in Paris, which holds more than one hundred and fifty objects from this period. A new approach to the study of a historic collection, Precious Material: The Arts of Metal in the Medieval Iranian World is an overview of the production of metal in medieval Iran. The objects, some well-known but many more unpublished, have never been studied or published as an ensemble. This volume includes a presentation of the collection through the lens of its centers of manufacture, a full technical analysis, as well as the functions and contexts in which the pieces were used. Each object is described and illustrated in color with close-up or X-ray images, and many inscriptions have been translated and are included in the catalog entries. |
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| Item Description: | "This book is the first step in the completion of the ISLAMETAL research program, carried out by the Musée du Louvre and the Centre de Recherche et de Restauration des Musées de France (C2RMF) with the support of the Roshan Culture Heritage Institute"--Colophon. |
| Physical Description: | 335 pages : color illustrations, maps ; 30 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 300-311) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781914983122 1914983122 9782350317885 9782878443653 2350317889 2878443659 |