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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Glaire D. Anderson (Senior Lecturer, Senior Lecturer, University of Edinburgh)Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc Dimensions: Width: 24.40cm , Height: 3.10cm , Length: 18.50cm Weight: 0.001kg ISBN: 9780190913243ISBN 10: 019091324 Pages: 248 Publication Date: 07 March 2024 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsReviewsGlaire D. Anderson's book about 'Abbas Ibn Firnas is substantial and truly inventive. It describes the process and context in which he developed his work and the implications for all future investigations on this theme, exploring how medieval Islamic intellectuals likely informed the Italian Renaissance. A Caliphal Daedalus is an extraordinary contribution to its field. * Renata Holod, University of Pennsylvania * A fascinating exploration of the world of medieval Islamic science and art. Glaire D. Anderson, using the ninth century Andalusi polymath 'Abbas Ibn Firnas as her starting point, takes us on a journey through the connections between science and the visual arts, poetry and mechanical devices, engineering and design to traditional crafts, eventually revealing an intellectual milieu that was based on linking these endeavors in marvelous ways. This is a remarkably innovative and fresh look at medieval Islamic culture that should interest readers from many different fields and specializations. * Dwight Reynolds, University of California, Santa Barbara * """Glaire D. Anderson's book about 'Abbas Ibn Firnas is substantial and truly inventive. It describes the process and context in which he developed his work and the implications for all future investigations on this theme, exploring how medieval Islamic intellectuals likely informed the Italian Renaissance. A Caliphal Daedalus is an extraordinary contribution to its field.""--Renata Holod, University of Pennsylvania ""A fascinating exploration of the world of medieval Islamic science and art. Glaire D. Anderson, using the ninth century Andalusi polymath 'Abbas Ibn Firnas as her starting point, takes us on a journey through the connections between science and the visual arts, poetry and mechanical devices, engineering and design to traditional crafts, eventually revealing an intellectual milieu that was based on linking these endeavors in marvelous ways. This is a remarkably innovative and fresh look at medieval Islamic culture that should interest readers from many different fields and specializations.""--Dwight Reynolds, University of California, Santa Barbara" Author InformationGlaire D. Anderson is an historian of Islamic arts and architecture during the age of the caliphs (650-1250), with a focus on Umayyad Córdoba and the arts of Islamic Iberia (Arabic al-Andalus). She is author of The Islamic Villa in Early Medieval Iberia: Aristocratic Estates and Court Culture in Umayyad Córdoba (2013), and co-editor of The Aghlabids and Their Neighbors (2018) and Revisiting al-Andalus: Perspectives on the Material Culture of Islamic Iberia and Beyond (2007). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |