The Iconography of Islamic Art : : Studies in Honour of Robert Hillenbrand / / Bernard O'Kane.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2013-2000
• VerfasserIn: O'Kane, Bernard,
• MitwirkendeR: Al-Khamis, Ulrike,; Auld, Sylvia,; Barrucand, Marianne,; Blair, Sheila S.,; Bloom, Jonathan M.,; Brend, Barbara,; Contadini, Anna,; Daneshvari, Abbas,; Fehérvári, Géza,; Finster, Barbara,; Flood, Finbarr Barry,; Grabar, Oleg,; Milwright, Marcus,; O’Kane, Bernard,; Robinson, B. W.,; Shalem, Avinoam,; Shani, Raya Y.,; Ward, Rachel,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]; ©2005
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (376 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Preface --; Illustration --; Contributors --; Acknowledgments --; Chapter one. Birds and Blessings: Akohl-pot from Jerusalem --; Chapter two. Remarks on the Iconography of the Medieval Capitals of Cairo: Form and Emplacement --; Chapter Three. A mongol envoy --; Chapter four. Almoravid geometric designs in the pavement of the Cappella Palatina in Palermo --; Chapter five. A kingly posture: the iconography of sultan Husayn Bayqara --; Chapter six. Musical Beasts: The swan-phoenix in the Ibn Bakhtīshū --; Chapter seven. Cup, branch, bird and fish: an Iconographical study of the figure holding a cup and a branch flanked by a bird and a fish --; Chapter eight. Islamic incense-burners and the influence of Buddhist art --; Chapter nine. vine ornament and pomegranates as palace decoration in 'Anjar --; Chapter ten. Persianate trends in sultanate arhitecture: the great Mosque of Bada'un --; Chapter eleven. Silks, pots and jugs: Al-Jahiz and objects of Common Use --; Chapter twelve. Khusrau Parviz as champion of Shi'ism? A closer look at an early Safavid miniature painting in the royal museum of Edinburgh --; Chapter thirteen 'Waves of the Sea': responses to marble in written sources (ninth-fifteenth centuries) --; Chapter fourteen. The arboreal Aesthetic: landscape, painting and architecture from Mongol Iran to Mamluk Egypt --; Chapter fifteen. Te Vicissitudes of Rustam a --; Chapter sixteen. Made for the show: the medieval treasury of the Ka'ba in Mecca --; Chapter seventeen. A pictorial representation of the Ḥadīth al-thaqalayn in an Ilkhanid Copy of Bal'ami's Tarjuma-yi tarikh-i Tabari in the Freer Gallery --; Chapter eighteen. Style versus substance: the christian iconography on two vessels made for the Ayyubid sultan al-Salih Ayyub --; Bibliography of Robert Hillenbrand's Work --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781474471428; 9783110780468
• DOI: 10.1515/9781474471428
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Bernard O'Kane.

People have been searching for meaning in Islamic art for centuries. This generously illustrated book explores the iconography of Islamic art from an illuminating range of perspectives.An overarching theme connects these varied approaches, linking the interpretation of objects to textual sources. The result is a collection of revealing studies of motifs as diverse as the peacock, trees, and the figure holding a cup and branch, and of new interpretations of fascinating objects, such as Mongol, Arab and Safavid paintings, or monuments from Egypt to India.Includes contributions from:Sylvia AuldMarianne BarrucandSheila S. BlairJonathan M. BloomBarbara BrendAnna ContadiniAbbas DaneshvariGeza FehervariBarbara FinsterFinbarr Barry FloodOleg GrabarUlrike al-KhamisMarcus MilwrightBernard O'KaneB. W. RobinsonAvinoam ShalemRaya Y. ShaniRachel Ward