Arts of allusion : object, ornament, and architecture in medieval Islam /

Through close studies of ceramics, metalwares and other plastic arts from the ninth to the thirteenth centuries, Arts of Allusion reveals the object as a crucial site where pre-modern craftsmen of the eastern Mediterranean and Persianate realms engaged in fertile dialogue with poetry, literature, pa...

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Main Author:	Graves, Margaret S. (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York, NY, United States of America : Oxford University Press, 2018.
Subjects:	Islamic decoration and ornament. Decoration and ornament, Medieval > Middle East. Islamic architecture. Architecture, Medieval > Middle East. Islamic arts. Arts, Medieval > Middle East. Décoration et ornement islamiques. Architecture islamique. Arts islamiques. ART > Folk & Outsider Art. CRAFTS & HOBBIES > Folkcrafts. Architecture, Medieval Arts, Medieval Decoration and ornament, Medieval Islamic architecture Islamic arts Islamic decoration and ornament Middle East Electronic books.
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Summary:	Through close studies of ceramics, metalwares and other plastic arts from the ninth to the thirteenth centuries, Arts of Allusion reveals the object as a crucial site where pre-modern craftsmen of the eastern Mediterranean and Persianate realms engaged in fertile dialogue with poetry, literature, painting, and, most strikingly, architecture.
Physical Description:	1 online resource
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	9780190695927 0190695927 9780190695941 0190695943