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Facts and artefacts : art in the Islamic world : festschrift for Jens Kröger on his 65th birthday /

The scholarly search on the art of the object is of enduring interest and enjoys a new renaissance in the last few years. This book mainly explores the art and craft of Islamic artefacts and presents to the reader a diverse range of approaches. Despite this variety, in which also artefacts of the pr...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Kröger, Jens, Hagedorn, Annette, Shalem, Avinoam
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2007.
Colección:Islamic history and civilization ; v. 68.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:The scholarly search on the art of the object is of enduring interest and enjoys a new renaissance in the last few years. This book mainly explores the art and craft of Islamic artefacts and presents to the reader a diverse range of approaches. Despite this variety, in which also artefacts of the pre-Islamic, period as well as 'orientalized' European artefacts of the modern era are included, there is an overarching theme - the linking of the interpretation of objects and their specific aesthetics to textual sources and the aim of setting them in historical and artistic context. In this impress.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xxvii, 496 pages) : illustrations, maps
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
"Jens Kröger's list of publications": pages xix-xxvii
ISBN:9789047422815
9047422813
1281926531
9781281926531
9786611926533
6611926534
ISSN:0929-2403 ;