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In this groundbreaking volume on the use of Islamic geometry in modern and contemporary art from the region, Roxane Zand and Sussan Babaie explore ways in which traditional geometric legacies are applied and interpreted in new contexts. Works by artists Anila Quayyum Agha, Mohamed Kanoo, Lulwah Al Homoud, Gibran Tarazi, Dana Awartani, Susan Hefuna, Monir Farman Farmaian, Mahmoud Sabri, Nasreen Mohamedi, Zeinab Al Hashemi, Mouteea Murad, Ajlan Gharem, Ahmad Angawi, Ibtisam Abdulaziz, Aljoud Loutah, Timo Nasseri, Samir Sayegh, Mehdi Moutashar, Philip Taaffe, Sahand Hessamiyan, Nargess Hashemi, Naqsh collective and Ahmed Mater are included.
Babaies essay traces the significance of geometry in the history of Islamic arts, looking at the emergence of modernisms of the Middle East through the prism of selected works by the artists. Their works underscore the distinctive ways geometry has inspired the art of the region.
A selection of twelve previously published papers by Ernst Grube which examine specific materials used in Islamic decorative arts. Six papers examine pottery and tiles, one considers Ilkhanis stucco work as represented in the mausoleum ...
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Islamic artists channeled their energies not into easel painting and large-scale sculpture, but rather into what Western scholars, obeying a very different hierarchy of art forms, rather disparagingly termed the "decorative arts" or even "the ...
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Durant des siècles et dans des régions aussi diverses que le Bassin méditerranéen, le Moyen- Orient ou l'Asie centrale, des artistes ont perpétué la tradition des motifs géométriques islamiques. Armés d'une règle et d'un compas, ...
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Exploring the aristocratic villas and court culture of Córdoba, during its 'golden age' under the reign of the Umayyad dynasty (r. 756-1031 AD), this study illuminates a key facet of the secular architecture of the ...
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A comprehensive study of a wide range of Andalusian ivory artefacts from the Middle Ages. As well as examining the Late Roman background to Hispano-Muslim ivory working, the book gives weight to the full chronological ...
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Taxing systems, conceived as institutionalized means of extraction of goods and services from the population, are a key part in the analysis of the social and territorial fabrics of our history. This volume analyses those ...
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Al-Andalus, the Arabic name for the medieval Islamic state in Iberia, endured for over 750 years following the Arab and Berber conquest of Hispania in 711. While the popular perception of al-Andalus is that of ...
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Throughout History, the Indian Ocean has been a zone of interaction between far-flung civilizations served by ports, and connected with the Mediterranean by the Gulf and Red Sea. The dhows that were the vehicles of ...
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The ceiling paintings in the Hall of Justice of the Alhambra have not received serious scholarly attention for the past thirty years, perhaps due to their difficult incorporation into a discrete program of Christian vs. ...
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