Islamic Visual Culture, 1100-1800 : Constructing the Study of Islamic Art, Volume II (Hardcover)

Contents: Preface; Introduction. Part 1 Objects: Two pieces of metalwork at the University of Michigan; Les arts mineurs de l'Orient musulman A? partir du milieu du XIIe siecle; Trade with the East and the influence of Islamic art on the 'luxury arts' in the West; The shared culture of objects; Epigrafika Vostoka, a critical review. Part 2 Art of the Book: A newly discovered illustrated manuscript of the Maqamat of Hariri; Notes on the iconography of the 'Demotte' Shahname; The illustrated Maqamat of the 13th century: the bourgeoisie and the arts; Pictures or commentaries: the illustrations of the Maqamat of al-Hariri; About an Arabic Dioskorides manuscript; Toward an aesthetic of Persian painting; About two Mughal miniatures; A preliminary note on two 18th-century representations of Mecca and Medina. Part 3 Architecture and Culture: The inscriptions of the Madrasa-Mausoleum of Qaytbay; Isfahan as a mirror of Persian architecture; Reflections on Mamluk art; An exhibition of high Ottoman art; The meanings of Sinan's architecture; The many gates of Ottoman art; The Crusades and the development of Islamic art. Part 4 Islamic Art and the West: Islamic architecture and the West: influences and parallels; Patterns and ways of cultural exchange; Europe and the Orient: an ideologically charged exhibition; Classical forms in Islamic art and some implications; Islamic art and architecture and the antique. Index.