The Miniature Painting and Painters of Persia, India and Turkey, From the 8th to the 18th Century ..; Volume 2

The Miniature Painting and Painters of Persia, India and Turkey, From the 8th to the 18th Century ..; Volume 2
Author: F R (Fredrik Robert) 1868- Martin
Publisher: Legare Street Press
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2023-07-18
Genre:
ISBN: 9781019772782

Originally published in the early 20th century, this book is a comprehensive survey of miniature painting in Persia, India, and Turkey. The book contains detailed descriptions and illustrations of hundreds of miniatures, as well as biographical information about the artists. This book is an essential reference for anyone interested in the history of Islamic art. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

The Arts of Persia

The Arts of Persia
Author: Ronald W. Ferrier
Publisher: Yale University Press
Total Pages: 356
Release: 1989-01-01
Genre: Art
ISBN: 0300039875

Shows and describes examples of Persian calligraphy, glass, tile, pottery, lacquer, books, paintings, jewelry, textiles, sculpture, and architecture

The Book by Design

The Book by Design
Author: P.J.M. Marks
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Total Pages: 289
Release: 2023-11-20
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 0226824101

A richly illustrated look at some of the British Library’s most beautiful books from around the world. For centuries across the world, books have been created as objects of beauty, with bookmakers lavishing great care on their paper, binding materials, illustrations, and lettering. The Book by Design, featuring an array of books from the British Library's collection, focuses on the sensory experience of holding and reading these objects. Each selection represents a specific moment in the development of what we know today as the book—from scrolls and bound illuminated manuscripts to paperbacks and formatted digital information. These range from the seventh century to the present and include examples from China, Japan, Southeast Asia, the Middle East, Europe, and North America, in addition to a look at book traditions in Africa and Oceania. John James Audubon’s Birds of America, the works of Chaucer, Russian Futurist books, limited editions, historic copies of the Qur’an and the Bible, mass-market paperbacks, and more come together to tell the visual, tactile, artistic, and cultural history of books. Expert curators and specialists explore these books from the perspective of design and manufacturing, original art photographs offer vivid representations of their textures and materials, and graphics detail the size and specifications of each book. Offering a wide-ranging look at the creation and use of books, illustrated with hundreds of color images, this volume is itself an object of beauty.

Muqarnas, Volume 25

Muqarnas, Volume 25
Author: Gülru Necipoglu
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 406
Release: 2009-03-31
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9047426746

Muqarnas is sponsored by The Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture at Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts. In Muqarnas articles are being published on all aspects of Islamic visual culture, historical and contemporary, as well as articles dealing with unpublished textual primary sources.

Orientalia

Orientalia
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 708
Release: 1926
Genre: Middle Eastern philology
ISBN:

Catalogue

Catalogue
Author: Bernard Quaritch (Firm)
Publisher:
Total Pages: 772
Release: 1912
Genre: Antiquarian booksellers
ISBN:

Catalogue

Catalogue
Author: Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge
Publisher:
Total Pages: 674
Release: 1922
Genre: Art
ISBN:

History of civilizations of Central Asia

History of civilizations of Central Asia
Author: Adle, Chahryar
Publisher: UNESCO Publishing
Total Pages: 920
Release: 2003-12-31
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9231038761

The period treated in this volume is highlighted by the slow retreat of nomadism and the progressive increase of sedentary polities owing to a fundamental change in military technology: Furthermore, this period certainly saw a growing contrast in the pace of economic and cultural progress between Central Asia and Europe. The internal growth of the European economies and the influx of silver from the New World gave Atlantic Europe an increasingly important position in world trade and caused a major shift in inland Asian trade. Thus, 1850 marks the end of the total sway of pre-modern culture as the extension of colonial dominance was accompanied by the influx of modern ideas.