The Mediation of Ornament / / Oleg Grabar.
How ornamentation enables a direct and immediate encounter between viewers and art objectsBased on universal motifs, ornamentation occurs in many artistic traditions, though it reaches its most expressive, tangible, and unique form in the art of the Islamic world. The Mediation of Ornament shares a...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter The A. W. Mellon Lectures in the Fine Arts eBook Package |
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Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2023] ©1992 |
Year of Publication: | 2023 |
Language: | English |
Series: | The A. W. Mellon Lectures in the Fine Arts ;
35 |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (312 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Preface
- Introduction
- 1. A Theory of Intermediaries in Art
- 2. The Intermediary of Writing
- 3. The Intermediary of Geometry
- 4. The Intermediary of Architecture
- 5. The Intermediary of Nature
- Conclusion: Some Implications
- Notes
- Index