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050 0 $aN7280$b.B63 2014
100 1 $aBlair, Sheila,$eauthor.
245 10 $aText and image in medieval Persian art /$cSheila S. Blair.
264 1 $aEdinburgh :$bEdinburgh University Press,$c[2014]
264 4 $a©2014
300 $axv, 336 pages :$billustrations (chiefly color), maps ;$c25 cm
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490 0 $aEdinburgh studies in Islamic art
500 $aDerived from a series of talks delivered at the School of Oriental and African Studies in London in January 2011 as the Biennial Yarshater Lectures in Persian Art.
500 $a"To trace the artistic changes in Persian art in this middle-[Islamic] period, I have chosen to focus on five individual works of art..."--Page 6.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages [293]-318) and index.
505 0 $aThe art of writing : a bowl from Samarqand -- Perfuming the air : a rosewater sprinkler from Herat -- Monumentality under the Mongols : the tomb of Uljaytu at Sultaniyya -- A romantic interlude : the wedding celebrations from a manuscript with three poems by Khwaju Kirmani -- Proclaiming sovereignty : the Ardabil carpets.
520 8 $aThis book investigates the interaction between word and image in medieval Persian art. Greater Iranian arts from the 10th to the 16th century are technically some of the finest produced anywhere. They are also intellectually engaging, showing the lively interaction between the verbal and the visual arts. Focusing on objects found in the main media at the time, Sheila S. Blair shows how artisans played with form, material and decoration to engage their audiences. She also shows how the reception of these objects has changed and that their present context has implications for our understanding of the past. It is lavishly illustrated in colour. It features 5 case studies - on ceramics, metalwares, painting, architecture and textiles - that showcase the variety of Persian art. It investigates the interaction between the visual and the verbal in a multi-lingual society. It looks at the transformation of everyday objects into works of art. It is written by one of the foremost experts in Persian art.
650 0 $aArt, Iranian$xHistory.
650 0 $aIllumination of books and manuscripts, Iranian$xHistory.
650 0 $aArt, Medieval$zIran.
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