Islamic Art and Beyond: Constructing the Study of Islamic Art, Vol. 3

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Author: Oleg Grabar

ISBN-10: 0860789268

ISBN-13: 9780860789260

Category: Architectural Time Periods & Styles

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Pt. 1Theory of artIHistory of art and history of literature : some random thoughts3IIAn art of the object13IIIOn the universality of the history of art31IVFrom utopia to paradigms39VGeometry and ideology : the festival of Islam and the study of Islamic art47VIDifferent but compatible ends53VIIDie ethische dimension des ornaments61VIIIIslamic ornament and western abstraction81Pt. 2General Islamic architectureIXThe Islamic dome, some considerations87XThe architecture of the middle eastern city : the case of the mosque103XIArt and architecture121XIICities and citizens : the growth and culture of urban Islam155XIIISymbols and signs of Islamic architecture175XIVThe meaning of history in Cairo191XVArchitecture as art217XVIFrom dome of heaven to pleasure dome225XVIIGraffiti or proclamations : why write on buildings?239Pt. 3General Islamic artXVIIIWhat makes Islamic Art Islamic?247XIXIslamic art and archaeology253XXReflections on the study of Islamic art287XXIOn catalogs, exhibitions and complete works311XXIIBetween connoisseurship and technology : a review321XXIIIThe aesthetics of Islamic art335