Muqarnas, Volume 4

Erscheinungsjahr 1987
ISBN: 978-90-04-25922-5
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 4, 198 Seiten, Format (B × H): 210 mm x 270 mm, Gewicht: 509 g

Reihe: Muqarnas

Muqarnas: An Annual on the Visual Cultures of the Islamic World 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are published on all aspects of Islamic visual culture, historical and contemporary, as well as articles dealing with unpublished textual primary sources.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Grabar, Oleg

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunststile Islamische Kunst
• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Islam: Literatur & Kunst
• Geisteswissenschaften Architektur Geschichte der Architektur, Baugeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Oleg Grabar, On Catalogues, Exhibitions, and Complete Works
Jonathan M. Bloom, The Mosque of the Qarafa in Cairo
Leonor Fernandes, The Foundation of Baybars al-Jashankir: Its Waqf, History, and Architecture
Howard Crane, Some Archaeological Notes on Turkish Sardis
Nancy Shatzman Steinhardt, Siyah Qalem and Gong Kai: An Istanbul Album Painter and a Chinese Painter of the Mongolian Period
Dogan Kuban, The Style of Sinan's Domed Structures
Yasser Tabbaa, Bronze Shapes in Iranian Ceramics of the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries
Mehrdad Shokoohy and Natalie H. Shokoohy, The Architecture of Baha al-Din Tughrul in the Region of Bayana, Rajasthan
Glenn D. Lowry, Humayun's Tomb: Form, Function, and Meaning in Early Mughal Architecture
Peter Alford Andrews, The Generous Heart or the Mass of Clouds: The Court Tents of Shah Jahan
Priscilla P. Soucek, Persian Artists in Mughal India: Influences and Transformations
A.J. Lee, Islamic Star Patterns

Über Autor(innen)

Oleg Grabar (November 3, 1929 – January 8, 2011) was Aga Khan Professor of Islamic Art and Architecture at Harvard University until his retirement and joined the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey. He published more then 30 books and countless articles on a range of subjects. Among his best-known works are: Formation of Islamic Art, Illustrations of the Maqamat, The Alhambra, Great Mosque of Isfahan, Mediation of Ornament, Mostly Miniatures, Shape of the Holy, Dome of the Rock, Penser l'art Islamique, and Masterpieces of Islamic Art: The Decorated Page from the 8th to the 17th century. Grabar received many honors during his lifetime, including the Charles Lang Freer Medal in 2001 and, in 2010, the Chairman's Award at the Aga Khan Award for Architecture ceremony in Doha. He was the founding editor of Muqarnas.