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In their own words, Jonathan Bloom and Sheila Blair espouse 'things and thinginess rather than theories and isations'. This book's practical, down-to-earth dimension, expressed in plain, simple English, runs counter to the current fashion for theoretical explanations and their accompanying jargon when exploring the world of Islamic art. Its many insights, firmly anchored in artistic practice in architecture, painting and the decorative arts, are supported by ample technical know-how. The range is wide mosques becoming temples; how religious buildings reflect politics; Yemeni frescoes and inscriptions; domestic Syrian 18th-century ornament; Egyptian bookbinding techniques; recycling and repair in Damascene crafts; conservation versus restoration; narrative on ceramics; metalwork with architectural motifs; lost buildings reconstructed; how objects speak;Muslim burials in China; the role of migrating potters; Mughal painting; stone carpet weights; the use of metals in Islamic manuscripts, calligraphy and modern artists' books.

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Author:   Robert Hillenbrand (Professor Emeritus of Islamic Art, University of Edinburgh)
Publisher:   Edinburgh University Press
Imprint:   Edinburgh University Press
ISBN:  

9781474434294

ISBN 10:   1474434290
Pages:   448
Publication Date:   17 May 2021
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Series Editor’s Foreword Introduction 1. Old Mosques: Destroyed, Lost and Transformed in 20th- and 21st-Century IndiaCatherine B. Asher 2. The ‘Arraf Mosque in JiblaBarbara Finster 3. Monumentality en Miniature: On two dome-shaped carpet weights – mir-I farshKjeld von Folsach 4. ‘The View from Above’: Muslim Perceptions of the Turks of Syria and the Jazira in the Period 1070 to 1176Carole Hillenbrand 5. The Multiple Faces of Restoration in the Medieval Islamic Architecture of Central AsiaRobert Hillenbrand 6. A Damascus Room in Los AngelesLinda Komaroff 7. Rubbish, Recycling and Repair: Perspectives on the Portable Arts of the Islamic Middle EastMarcus Milwright 8. A Copper-Alloy Plate with Architectural Imagery in Berlin… and Jerusalem?Lawrence Nees 9. Looking Inside the Book: Doublures of the Mamluk PeriodAlison Ohta 10. Taj al-Din ‘Alishah: The Reconstruction of his Mosque Complex at TabrizBernard O’Kane 11. Once More Cosmophilia: Facing the Truth, LaterSimon O’Meara 12. The Making, Unmaking and Making Sense of an Illustration from an Imperial Mughal AkbarnamaLaura E. Parodi 13. The Use of Metals in Islamic Manuscripts Cheryl A. Porter 14. Telling Stories: Artists’ Books in the Collection of the British MuseumVenetia Porter 15. The Freer Beaker in Text and ImageMarianna Shreve Simpson 16. When Muslims Died in ChinaNancy Steinhardt 17. Abu’l-Fazl’s Description of Akbar’s ‘House of Depiction’W. M. Thackston 18. ‘Migration Theory’ in Islamic PotteryOliver Watson

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Professor Robert Hillenbrand is Professor Emeritus of Islamic Art the University of Edinburgh and Professor of Islamic Art at the University of St Andrews.

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