Muqarnas, Volume 5

An Annual on Islamic Art and Architecture
Erscheinungsjahr 1988
ISBN: 978-90-04-25923-2
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 5, 170 Seiten, Format (B × H): 208 mm x 269 mm, Gewicht: 431 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are published on all aspects of Islamic visual culture, historical and contemporary, as well as articles dealing with unpublished textual primary sources.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, Between Connoisseurship and Technology: A Review
Howard Crane, Traditional Pottery Making in the Sardis Region of Western Turkey
Jonathan M. Bloom, The Introduction of the Muqarnas into Egypt
Marilyn Jenkins, Mamluk Jewelry: Influences and Echoes
Doris Behrens-Abouseif, The Takiyyat Ibrahim al-Kulshani in Cairo
Godfrey Goodwin, Gardens of the Dead in Ottoman Times
Jale Erzen, Sinan as Anti-Classicist
Maurice Cerasi, Late Ottoman Architects and Master Builders
R.D. McChesney, Four Sources on Shah ‘Abbas's Building of Isfahan
Elizabeth B. Moynihan, The Lotus Garden Palace of Zahir al-Din Muhammad Babur
William G. Klingelhofer, The Jahangiri Mahal of the Agra Fort: Expression and Experience in Early Mughal Architecture

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.