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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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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator: Blair, Sheila S.
Format: eBook Electronic
Language:English
Imprint: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2014.
Series:Edinburgh Studies in Islamic Art
Subjects:
Art, Iranian-History.
Electronic books.
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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Table of Contents:
  • 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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