Middle Eastern

Over the last forty years, Basil Robinson has established a reputation as a leading authority on the art of Persia. His work on Persian manuscript illumination represents one of the most important contributions made in this century to the study of the...

This volume brings together twenty-four of Ralph Pinder-Wilson's studies on Islamic art, published over thirty years. These deal mainly with the decorative arts - lustre pottery, bronze, jade and glass - a field in which the author is an eminent...

Basil Gray's publications on Chinese and Islamic art have done much to introduce these subjects to a European public. This first volume deals with Chinese painting and luxury art. An introductory section on Chinese art attempts to chart the aesthetic and...

This second volume of Basil Gray's studies covers his work on Chinese ceramics and on Islamic art. Appropriately, Chinese ceramics proved the most potent medium in introducing Islamic artists to the motifs of Chinese painting, in view of their wide...

Since the seventh century, the Hajj, or Great Pilgrimage to Mecca, has been a lifelong goal of devout Muslims throughout the world. Egyptian pilgrims traditionally celebrate their sacred journey by commissioning a local artist to depict their religious...

This richly illustrated volume highlights the history of Islamic cosmopolitanism as documented through works of art from the eighth century to the present; from the Mediterranean, North Africa, South Asia, and the United States; and including painting,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781399517942Author Hamid DabashiFormat HardbackPage Count 280Imprint Edinburgh University PressPublisher Edinburgh University Press

Women have consistently been left out of the official writing of Lebanese history, and nowhere is this more obvious than in writing on the Lebanese Civil War. As more and more histories of the war begin to circulate, few include any in-depth discussion...

Lebanese history is often associated with sectarianism and hostility between religious communities, but by examining public memorials and historical accounts Lucia Volk finds evidence for a sustained politics of Muslim and Christian co-existence...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788891836724Author Mona KhazindarFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint RizzoliPublisher RizzoliWeight(grams) 1060gDimensions(mm) 254mm * 174mm * 30mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788891837738Author Christine MacelFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint RizzoliPublisher RizzoliWeight(grams) 1077gDimensions(mm) 254mm * 173mm * 31mm

In Becoming Palestine, Gil Z. Hochberg examines how contemporary Palestinian artists, filmmakers, dancers, and activists use the archive in order to radically imagine Palestine's future. She shows how artists such as Jumana Manna, Kamal Aljafari, Larissa...

The Islamic world's artistic traditions experienced profound transformation in the 19th century as rapidly developing technologies and globalizing markets ushered in drastic changes in technique, style, and content. Despite the importance and ingenuity...

When we walk into a gallery, we have a fairly good idea where the building begins and ends; and inside, while observing a painting, we are equally confident in distinguishing between the painting-proper and its frame and borders. Yet, things are often...

Deconstructing the Myths of Islamic Art addresses how researchers can challenge stereotypical notions of Islam and Islamic art while avoiding the creation of new myths and the encouragement of nationalistic and ethnic attitudes. Despite its Orientalist...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781935295587Author Mehmet Zeki KusogluFormat PaperbackPage Count 178Imprint Blue Dome PressPublisher Blue Dome PressWeight(grams) 664g

Investigates the relationship between culture, politics and power in present-day Turkey, from headscarves to heavy metal Provides an overview of the politics of culture in Turkey under the rule of the AKP Analyses the success of authoritarian...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781935295686Author Mehmet Zeki KusogluFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Blue Dome PressPublisher Blue Dome PressWeight(grams) 538g

This edited scholarly volume offers a perspective on the history of the genre of the nude in the Middle East and includes contributions written by scholars from several disciplines (art history, history, anthropology). Each chapter provides a distinct...

The publication, edited and curated by Mary Angela Schroth, recounts the story of the acquisitions of the private collection of Hussain Ali Harba, which began with a painting executed in the 1970s by Fa'iq Hassan, one of the protagonists of Irachi modern...

Alternative Iran offers a unique contribution to the field of contemporary art, investigating how Iranian artists engage with space and site amid the pressures of the art market and the state's regulatory regimes. Since the 1980s, political, economic,...

Order and Disorder looks at the cross-cultural context and collaborative nature of Aligheiero Boetti's iconic artworks. The original, often large-scale works in his series Mappe (Maps), Tutto (Everything), and "squared word" were created in needle and...

The offering of gifts is a practice nearly as ancient and widespread as human culture itself. At courts throughout the Islamic world, the exchange of lavish gifts and endowments intimately linked art with diplomacy and royal ambitions, religion, and...

Lebanese history is often associated with sectarianism and hostility between religious communities, but by examining public memorials and historical accounts Lucia Volk finds evidence for a sustained politics of Muslim and Christian co-existence...

Islamic art is justly famed for its technological sophistication, varied approaches to ornament, and innovative employment of the written word. But what do we know about the skilled artisans who spent their lives designing and creating the paintings,...

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A long-awaited translation of a wonderfully illustrated 17th-century pilgrimage guide, offering unique insights into the Hajj, maritime travel and Indian Ocean ports, and encounters with Muslims across diverse nations and societies.

The first book of its kind to profile the Emirati creative scene, introducing fifty individuals working across architecture, culinary arts, design, film, performing and visual arts, music, and writing in the United Arab Emirates.

Examining how art history’s concerns with the global turn, as well as associated calls for decolonial, diverse, inclusive, and equitable histories, have been taken up by scholars, educators, curators, and related practitioners of Islamic art history

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The first-ever A-Z of the major modern and contemporary artists of the Middle East. The vibrant and varied art of the Middle East and North Africa is brought together in this beautifully illustrated book through the life and work of more than 250...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788891839909Author Mona KhazindarFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint RizzoliPublisher RizzoliWeight(grams) 142g