Text and Image in Medieval Persian Art.
Focusing on 5 objects found in the main media from the 10th to the 16th century - ceramics, metalware, painting, architecture and textiles - Sheila S. Blair shows how Greater Iranian artisans played with form, material and decoration to engage their audiences.
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Language: | English |
Imprint: | Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2014. |
Series: | Edinburgh Studies in Islamic Art
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Local Note: | Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2022. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries. |
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505 | 0 | |a Intro -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Series Editor's Foreword -- Preface -- CHAPTER 1 Introduction -- CHAPTER 2 The Art of Writing: A Bowl from Samarqand -- Provenance -- The ceramic setting -- Inscriptions -- Script -- Clientele -- Wider horizons -- Afterlife -- CHAPTER 3 Perfuming the Air: A Rosewater Sprinkler from Herat -- Provenance -- The geographical and historical setting -- Metalwares from Herat -- Patronage -- Function -- Decoration -- Afterlife -- CHAPTER 4 Monumentality under the Mongols: The Tomb of Uljaytu at Sultaniyya -- Construction and redecoration -- Reasons for redecoration -- The pious foundation -- The architectural setting -- The tomb as inspiration for later Mongol rulers -- The tomb as inspiration for the Ilkhanids' rivals -- Afterlife -- CHAPTER 5 A Romantic Interlude: The Wedding Celebrations from a Manuscript withThree Poems by Khwaju Kirmani -- The text and its calligrapher -- The illustrated folios -- Adding the paintings -- The royal setting -- The role of women -- Afterlife -- CHAPTER 6 Proclaiming Sovereignty: The Ardabil Carpets -- Provenance -- The inscription -- Gifts to shrines -- Why Ardabil in the 1540s? -- The repurposed Jannat Saray -- Afterlife at the shrine -- Afterlife in the west -- CHAPTER 7 Conclusion -- List of Abbreviations -- Bibliography -- Illustration Acknowledgments -- Index. | |
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