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Arab Painting (Handbook of Oriental Studies Handbuch Der Orientalistik) by Anna Contadini editor is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Arab Painting (Handbook of Oriental Studies Handbuch Der Orientalistik) about?

Arab painting, preserved mainly in manuscript illustrations of the 12th to 14th centuries, is here treated as an artistic corpus fully deserving of appreciation in its own terms, and not as a mere precursor to Persian painting. The book assembles papers by a distinguished list of scholars that illuminate the variety of material that survives in scientific as well as literary manuscripts. Because of the contexts in which the paintings appear, a major theoretical concern is, precisely, the relationship of painting to text. It rejects earlier scholarly habits of analysing paintings in isolation, and proposes the integration of text and image as a more satisfactory framework within which to elucidate the characteristics and functions of this impressive body of work.

Who reads Arab Painting (Handbook of Oriental Studies Handbuch Der Orientalistik)?

It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.

Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.

Author
Anna Contadini editor
Publisher
BRILL; Brand: BRILL; Brill
Published
2007
Language
EN
ISBN
9789047422372
Category
nonfiction
Subjects
Islam, Crafts & Hobbies, Reference

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