Arts of allusion : object, ornament, and architecture in medieval Islam / Margaret S. Graves.
2018
N6260
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Title
Arts of allusion : object, ornament, and architecture in medieval Islam / Margaret S. Graves.
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ISBN
9780190695941 (electronic book)
Published
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2018.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource : illustrations.
Call Number
N6260
Dewey Decimal Classification
709.17670902
Summary
Through close studies of ceramics, metalwares and other plastic arts from the ninth to the thirteenth centuries, 'Arts of Allusion' reveals the object as a crucial site where pre-modern craftsmen of the eastern Mediterranean and Persianate realms engaged in fertile dialogue with poetry, literature, painting, and - most strikingly - architecture.
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Through close studies of ceramics, metalwares and other plastic arts from the ninth to the thirteenth centuries, 'Arts of Allusion' reveals the object as a crucial site where pre-modern craftsmen of the eastern Mediterranean and Persianate realms engaged in fertile dialogue with poetry, literature, painting, and - most strikingly - architecture.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Access limited to authorized users.
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Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on July 10, 2018).
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Print version: 9780190695910
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