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Book Concise Encyclopedia of Islam

Download or read book Concise Encyclopedia of Islam written by Hamilton Alexander Rosskeen Gibb (Sir).) and published by Brill. This book was released on 2001 with total page 706 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Concise Encyclopedia of Islam is a mandatory reference tool that will prove to be indispensable for students of all subjects which concern, or touch on, the religion and law of Islam. It includes all the articles contained in the first edition and supplement of the Encyclopedia of Islam which are particularly related to the religion and law of Islam. This volume has a vast geographical and historical scope which includes the old Arabo-Islamic Empire, the Islamic states of Iran, Central Asia, the Indian sub-continent and Indonesia, the Ottoman Empire and the various Muslim states and communities in Africa, Europe, and the former U.S.S.R. The Concise Encyclopedia of Islam contains an extensive index and bibliography. This publication has also been published in hardback, please click here for details.

Book The Complete Book of Glass Beadmaking

Download or read book The Complete Book of Glass Beadmaking written by Kimberley Adams and published by Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.. This book was released on 2005 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A guide to the popular craft offers beadmakers instructions for how to torch, wind, and cool beads; directions for creating various designs, including barrels, cones, and discs; and strategies for achieving a variety of colors and patterns.

Book Tun huang Popular Narratives

    Book Details:
  • Author : Victor H. Mair
  • Publisher : Cambridge University Press
  • Release : 1983-11-10
  • ISBN : 9780521247610
  • Pages : 344 pages

Download or read book Tun huang Popular Narratives written by Victor H. Mair and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1983-11-10 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tun-huang Popular Narratives presents authoritative translations of four vernacular Chinese stories, taken from fragmentary texts usually referred to as pien-wen or 'transformation texts'. Dating from the late T'ang (618-907) and Five Dynasties (907-959) periods, the texts were discovered early last century in a cave at Tun-huang, in Chinese Central Asia. However, written down in an early colloquial language by semi-literate individuals and posing formidable philological problems, the texts have not been studied critically before. Nevertheless they represent the only surviving primary evidence of a widespread and flourishing world of popular entertainment during these centuries. The tales deal with both religious (mostly Buddhist) and secular themes, and make exciting and vivid reading.

Book The Department of State

Download or read book The Department of State written by United States. Department of State and published by . This book was released on 1945 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Kaj Franck

    Book Details:
  • Author : Kaj Franck
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2011
  • ISBN : 9789529878758
  • Pages : 355 pages

Download or read book Kaj Franck written by Kaj Franck and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 355 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book A Guide to Czech   Slovak Glass

Download or read book A Guide to Czech Slovak Glass written by Diane E. Foulds and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Guide to Czech & Slovak Glass is the first resource book ever written on a nation's glass industry. In 208 pages it outlines the artists, factories, associations, museums, schools, shops, and history of Bohemian glass. -- Amazon.

Book Buddhism in Kory

    Book Details:
  • Author : Lewis R. Lancaster
  • Publisher : Jain Publishing Company
  • Release : 2002
  • ISBN : 0895818906
  • Pages : 230 pages

Download or read book Buddhism in Kory written by Lewis R. Lancaster and published by Jain Publishing Company. This book was released on 2002 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this volume, we catch glimpses of Buddhism in the Koryo period at its height. It was a time when the religion made significant contributions to the development of Korean culture. Korea was recognized as one of the great centers of Buddhist life in East Asia. Koryo Buddhism was in many ways a royal religion.

Book The Jewels of Lalique

Download or read book The Jewels of Lalique written by René Lalique and published by Flammarion-Pere Castor. This book was released on 1998 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Showcases the work of the Art Nouveau glass craftsman and jewelry designer.

Book Michael Glancy

    Book Details:
  • Author : Barry Friedman
  • Publisher : Arnoldsche Verlagsanstalt GmbH
  • Release : 2011
  • ISBN : 9783897903449
  • Pages : 228 pages

Download or read book Michael Glancy written by Barry Friedman and published by Arnoldsche Verlagsanstalt GmbH. This book was released on 2011 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Michael Glancy is widely recognised as a prominent innovator in the field of studio glass. After studying with the critically acclaimed glass artist Dale Chihuly, he found his own artistic personality by combining different techniques: Glancy works with

Book Painting on Light

    Book Details:
  • Author : Barbara Butts
  • Publisher : Getty Publications
  • Release : 2001-03-01
  • ISBN : 089236579X
  • Pages : 346 pages

Download or read book Painting on Light written by Barbara Butts and published by Getty Publications. This book was released on 2001-03-01 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The names Albrecht Dürer and Hans Holbein the Younger evoke the dazzling accomplishments of Renaissance panel painting and printmaking, but they may not summon images of stained glass. Nevertheless, Dürer, Holbein, and their southern German and Swiss contemporaries designed some of the most splendid works in the history of the medium. This lavish volume is a comprehensive survey of the contribution to stained glass made by these extraordinarily gifted draftsmen and the equally talented glass painters who rendered their compositions in glass. Included are discussions of both monumental church windows and smaller-scale stained-glass panels made for cloisters, civic buildings, residences, and private chapels. The subjects of these rarely seen drawings and panels range from religious topics to secular themes, including love, planets, hunts, and battles. Focusing on stained glass produced in Germany and Switzerland from about 1495 to 1530, Painting on Light includes drawings by Dürer, Holbein, Albrecht Altdorfer, Hans Baldung Grien, Jörg Breu the Elder, Hans Burgkmair, Urs Graf, Hans von Kulmbach, Hans Leu the Younger, Niklaus Manuel Deutsch, Hans Schäufelein, Hans Weiditz, and others. This informative book is published in conjunction with an exhibition at the Getty Museum from July 11 through September 24, 2000, and from November 7, 2000, to January 4, 2001, at the Saint Louis Art Museum.

Book Humanism  Culture  and Language in the Near East

Download or read book Humanism Culture and Language in the Near East written by Asma Afsaruddin and published by PSU Department of English. This book was released on 1997-06-23 with total page 465 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Essays by 33 colleagues, friends, and students of the Johns Hopkins University Arabist and linguist. Topics include (1) humanism, culture, and literature; (2) Arabic; (3) Aramaic; and (4) Afroasiatic.

Book The Lamps of Louis Comfort Tiffany

Download or read book The Lamps of Louis Comfort Tiffany written by Louis Comfort Tiffany and published by Vendome Press. This book was released on 2005-10-19 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first book devoted to Tiffany lamps in more than 20 years. Experts in the field have made a selection of exceptional lamps-many of which have rarely been seen or published-and each one has been newly photographed with the latest photographic techniques to reveal in extraordinary detail the artistic quality and high craftsmanship of these masterpieces of decorative art. Martin Eidelberg and Alice Cooney Frelinghuysen have contributed essays on the history of the lamps, enlarging our understanding of Louis Comfort Tiffany's achievement. They have also drawn upon a host of previously unpublished photographs, paintings, and watercolors by Tiffany and other artists in his employ, as well as on working drawings and studio photographs, to evoke the lost gardens and interiors of Tiffany's country estate, Laurelton Hall, that so inspired him. They outline the development and manufacture of the Tiffany lamp from freehand sketch to the finished form, as well as the chief decorative themes in Tiffany's glass masterpieces and their relation to the work of other fin de sihcle glassmakers. In this book, light, color, and the inspiration of nature co-mingle to produce a deliciously sensuous experience.

Book The Coinage of the Arab Amirs of Crete

Download or read book The Coinage of the Arab Amirs of Crete written by George Carpenter Miles and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book American Glass

Download or read book American Glass written by George Skinner McKearin and published by Crown. This book was released on 1941 with total page 894 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reference to types of glass and the history of numerous glass houses.

Book Antique Bottles in Colour

Download or read book Antique Bottles in Colour written by Edward Fletcher and published by Blandford. This book was released on 1976 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Decolonization of Indonesia

Download or read book The Decolonization of Indonesia written by P. J. Drooglever and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: