Arts of allusion: object, ornament, and architecture in medieval islam
Auteur :
Graves, Margaret S.
Éditeur :
Oxford University Press Inc
ISBN :
9780190695910
Date de publication :
27 sept. 2018
Dimensions :
18,3 x 26,7 x 2,8 cm
Poids :
930 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
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.