Text and image in medieval Persian art /
This book investigates the interaction between word and image in medieval Persian art. Greater Iranian arts from the 10th to the 16th century are technically some of the finest produced anywhere. They are also intellectually engaging, showing the lively interaction between the verbal and the visual...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Imprint: | Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2014] |
| Series: | Edinburgh studies in Islamic art.
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| Online Access: | Table of contents only Contributor biographical information Publisher description |
Table of 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
- Mctalwares 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 with Three 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