Download or read book Islamic Art in the Metropolitan Museum of Art written by Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.) and published by Metropolitan Museum of Art. This book was released on 1972 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Islamic Art and the Museum written by Benoît Junod and published by Saqi Books - Saqi Books. This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A unique, multi-authored volume on the issues and politics of curating Islamic art in the twenty-first century.
Download or read book Museum of Islamic Art written by Oliver Watson and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 143 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Masterpieces from the Department of Islamic Art in the Metropolitan Museum of Art written by Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.) and published by Metropolitan Museum of Art. This book was released on 2011 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the great diversity and range of Islamic culture through one of the finest collections in the world. Published to coincide with the historic reopening of the galleries of the Metropolitan Museum's Islamic Art Department, it presents nearly three hundred masterworks created in the rich tradition of the Islamic faith and culture. The Metropolitan's renowned holdings range chronologically from the origins of Islam in the 7th century through the 19th century, and geographically from as far west as Spain to as far east as Southeast Asia.
Download or read book The Art of the Qur an written by Massumeh Farhad and published by Smithsonian Institution. This book was released on 2016 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Published on the occasion of the exhibition The Art of the Qur'an: Treasures from the Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts, Istanbul, held at the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Washington, D.C., October 15, 2016-February 20, 2017.
Download or read book Art of the Islamic World written by Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.) and published by Metropolitan Museum of Art. This book was released on 2012 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Family guide, Dazzling details in folded front cover.
Download or read book Reflections written by Ahdaf Soueif and published by Bloomsbury USA. This book was released on 2012-05-22 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The riches of Islamic art celebrated by over 25 world-leading writers and thinkers from West and East. 25 leading writers and thinkers celebrate the riches of Islamic Art in a visually stylish volume produced with the Museum of Islamic Art in Qatar and edited by Ahdaf Soueif, best-selling Booker-Prize shortlisted Egyptian-British novelist.
Download or read book Islamic Art in the Metropolitan Museum of Art written by Navina Najat Haidar and published by Scala Arts Publishers Incorporated. This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: -Provides an accessible walking tour of the Metropolitan Museum's world-famous Islamic Art Galleries -Features the popular Damascus Room and many other highlights of the Metropolitan's collection -Only guide available to the Islamic galleries of The Metropolitan Museum of Art The museum's superlative collection of Islamic art, from as far west as Spain and as far east as India, ranges in date from the 7th to the 19th century and reflects the diversity and scope of Islamic cultures and the richness of their artistic traditions. This essential guide to the collection is organized into four thematic tours.
Download or read book A Variant Quran written by Daniel Brubaker and published by . This book was released on 2020-05-22 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A facsimile edition of an early Quran manuscript fragment that is significantly variant from the traditional text.
Download or read book Islamic Art in Detail written by Sheila R. Canby and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This richly illustrated book allows readers to identify the elements and themes of Islamic art forms, and to examine them in works of painting and metalwork, in calligraphy and manuscripts, ceramics, glass, wood, and ivory.
Download or read book Al Andalus written by Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.) and published by Metropolitan Museum of Art. This book was released on 1992 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From 711 when they arrived on the Iberian Peninsula until 1492 when scholars contribute a wide-ranging series of essays and catalogue entries which are fully companion to the 373 illustrations (324 in color) of the spectacular art and architecture of the nearly vanished culture. 91/2x121/2 they were expelled by Ferdinand and Isabella, the Muslims were a powerful force in al-Andalus, as they called the Iberian lands they controlled. This awe-inspiring volume, which accompanies a major exhibition presented at the Alhambra in Granada and The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, is devoted to the little-known artistic legacy of Islamic Spain, revealing the value of these arts as part of an autonomous culture and also as a presence with deep significance for both Europe and the Islamic world. Twenty-four international Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Download or read book DISCOVER ISLAMIC ART in the Mediterranean written by Benabed, Aicha; Bisheh, Ghazi; Al-Asad, Mohammad and published by Museum With No Frontiers, MWNF (Museum Ohne Grenzen). This book was released on 2024-04-09 with total page 607 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The great Islamic Dynasties of the Mediterranean are the protagonists of this book, together with their fascinating artistic and cultural legacy. Thirty-nine scholars, museum curators and experts in cultural heritage, from 14 countries in Europe, North Africa and the Middle East, are the authors of the 22 chapters that take the reader through 13 centuries of Islamic history from the period of the Prophet Muhammad up until the end of the Ottoman Empire (1922). Discover Islamic Art in the Mediterranean is a collaborative work that was written for all those who share our idea that there is not only one history, but that at least as many histories as peoples exist. The idea of this book is to contribute to a historically more accurate and thus more authentic understanding of Islam by offering different perspectives of interpreting history, art and culture. This Book is published to complement the www.discoverislamicart.org Virtual Museum and its cycle of 18 Virtual Exhibitions Discover Islamic Art in the Mediterranean.
Download or read book Everyday Wishes written by Hana Rogers and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-03-03 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you ever wish you were doing something different? MJ does. He has many wishes. MJ wishes he was in charge, he could ride the bus ... Then he makes a surprising discovery about wishing. Join MJ at home and his friends in school for a fun filled day of discovery.
Download or read book The Illustrated Guide to the Museum of Islamic Art in Cairo written by Bernard O'Kane and published by American Univ in Cairo Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 393 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The official guide to the Museum --
Download or read book Museum of Islamic Art the Collection written by Julia Gonnella and published by . This book was released on 2023-01-31 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first comprehensive reference publication on the world-class collection at the Museum of Islamic Art in Doha, Qatar, featuring examples of dazzling artistic achievements from across the Islamic world.
Download or read book l orientale Collecting Displaying and Appropriating Islamic Art and Architecture in the 19th and Early 20th Centuries written by Francine Giese and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2019-11-04 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The present volume offers an overview of collecting and displaying Islamic art during the long nineteenth century. A section of the volume focuses on the figure of the Swiss collector Henri Moser Charlottenfels. Special attention is given to little-known collections in Eastern Europe and beyond. L’ouvrage fournit un panorama du collectionnisme d’art islamique au cours du long XIXe siècle, en mettant l’accent sur la figure d’Henri Moser Charlottenfels et des collections méconnues situées en Europe central, et au-delà.
Download or read book Discover Islamic Art in the Mediterranean written by and published by AIRP. This book was released on 2007 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
