Full Description
The material and visual culture of the Islamic World casts vast arcs through space and time, and encompasses a huge range of artefacts and monuments from the minute to the grandiose, from ceramic pots to the great mosques. Here, Venetia Porter and Mariam Rosser-Owen assemble leading experts in the field to examine both the objects themselves and the ways in which they reflect their historical, cultural and economic contexts. With a focus on metalwork, this volume includes an important new study of Mosul metalwork and presents recent discoveries in the fields of Fatimid, Mamluk and Qajar metalwork. By examining architecture, ceramics, ivories and textiles, seventeenth-century Iranian painting and contemporary art, the book explores a wide range of artistic production and historical periods from the Umayyad caliphate to the modern Middle East. This rich and detailed volume makes a significant contribution to the fields of Art History, Architecture and Islamic Studies, bringing new objects to light, and shedding new light on old objects.
Contents
INTRODUCTIONThe Principle of Parsimony: The Problem of the 'Mosul School' of Metalwork. Julian RabyMetalwork from the Iranian worldMetalwork and Fourteenth-Century Persian Painting: A Footnote. Teresa FitzherbertA die engraver from Balkh. Luke TreadwellThe ugly duckling of Iranian metalwork? Initial remarks on Qajar copper and copper alloy objects in the National Museums of Scotland. Ulrike al-KhamisIran and India:The Mobility of Metallurgy: A Case of Fraud in Medieval Kashmir. Finbarr B. FloodA Tubular Bronze Object from Khurasan. Lorenz KornPersians Abroad: The Case of the Jami' Masjid of Gulbarga. Robert HillenbrandMamluk metalwork in focus:A Mamluk Casket: An Extraordinary Object in the Fitzwilliam Museum. Rachel WardA Mamluk Tray: Its Journey to the Victoria and Albert Museum. Tim StanleyA Mamluk Basin: Arabic Titles, Well-Wishes and a Female Saint in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Luitgard MolsEgypt and Syria: artefact and text:A Tambourine-Player and the Fatimid Caliphate: Representation of women in Fatimid Baghdad. Doris Behrens-AbouseifThe Fatimid Bronze Hoard of Tiberias. Elias KhamisThe Group of Round Boxes from Caesarea: The Decoration of Fatimid Metal Vessels. Ayala LesterIslamic Embroideries from Egypt: Shifts in Taste, Change in Status. Ruth BarnesMetalworking in Damascus: An Analysis of the Q?m?s al-?in?'?t al-Sh?miyya at the End of the Ottoman Period. Marcus MilwrightThe Islamic West:A Bronze Pillar Lampstand: Islamic Metalwork in Petralia Sottana, Sicily. Jeremy JohnsThe Metal Mounts on Andalusi Ivories: Initial Observations. Mariam Rosser-OwenMarble Spolia: Metalwork from the Badi' Palace in Marrakesh. Nadia Erzini and Stephen VernoitCeramic technology and innovation:Glaze-Decorated Unglazed Wares. Oliver Watson'Pearl Cups Like the Moon': The Abbasid Reception of Chinese Ceramics and the Belitung Shipwreck. Jessica HallettBranding 'Tradition': Contemporary tin glaze pottery from Puebla, Mexico. Farzaneh Pirouz-MoussaviStudies in lustreware:The Lion, the Hare and Lustreware. Fahmida SulemanFatimid Lustreware and Said el Sadr (1909-1986): A Succession. Alan Caiger-SmithPotter's Trail: An Abu Zayd Ewer in the St. Louis Art Museum. Oya Pancaro?luPainting traditions and contemporary art:The Mobility of Visual Culture: From the Workshops of New Julfa to the court of Tsar Aleksei Mikhailovich. Amy LandauModern Palimpsests: What Defines a Fake? Emilie Savage-Smith'Neo-calligraphism': Its Different Varieties in Modern and Contemporary Iranian Art. Hamid Keshmirshekan
