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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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
| Published: |
Leiden Boston
Brill
2007
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| In: | Year: 2007 |
| Series/Journal: | Islamic history and civilization. Studies and texts 0929-2403
v. 68 Islamic history and civilization. Studies and texts v. 68 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Near East
/ Islamic art
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| Further subjects: | B
Collection of essays
B Kunstvoorwerpen B ART ; Middle Eastern B Islamic art Islamitische wereld B Islamic art B Festschrift B Electronic books B Islamitische wereld |
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Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Parallel Edition: | Non-electronic
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| Summary: | 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 |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. "Jens Kröger's list of publications": p. [xix]-xxvii. - Description based on print version record |
| ISBN: | 9047422813 |