Studies in Islamic Painting, Epigraphy and Decorative Arts / / Bernard O'Kane.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE Arts 2021
• VerfasserIn: O'Kane, Bernard,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]; ©2021
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: Collected Papers in Islamic Art : CPIA
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (512 p.) :; 374 colour illustrations

Presents a carefully curated selection of key articles by Bernard O’Kane on medieval Islamic painting, decorative arts and epigraphyDiscusses masterpieces of Arab and Persian painting, in both albums and illustrated manuscriptsExplores the rise of Persian poetry on works of art and architecture in Iran and TurkeyShowcases the finest holdings of the Museum of Islamic Art in Cairo and other collectionsTraces the development of monumental epigraphy and calligraphy in Egypt Includes over 300 photographs, many published in colour for the first timeThis lavishly illustrated volume features 19 articles by Bernard O’Kane on a wealth of topics in medieval Islamic art. O’Kane examines controversial subjects such as the Siyah Qalam album paintings and major masterpieces of both Arab and Persian illustrated manuscripts. He analyses Egyptian and Iranian examples of decorative arts including woodwork, textiles, ceramics and metalwork, from large-scale minbars to ivory boxes. And he explores epigraphic developments in Persian and Arabic, from the 10th to the 15th centuries in Egypt and Iran.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Figures -- Preface -- CHAPTER ONE The Egyptian Art of the Tiraz in Fatimid Times -- CHAPTER TWO Monumental Calligraphy in Fatimid Egypt: Epigraphy in Stone, Stucco and Wood -- CHAPTER THREE The Great Jalayirid Shāhnāma -- CHAPTER FOUR Medium and Message in the Monumental Epigraphy of Medieval Cairo -- CHAPTER FIVE A Tale of Two Minbars: Woodwork in Egypt and Syria on the Eve of the Ayyubids -- CHAPTER SIX The Look of Language -- CHAPTER SEVEN Text and Paintings in the al-Wāsitī d Maqāmāt -- CHAPTER EIGHT Kalila o Demna: Illustrations in Manuscripts -- CHAPTER NINE Documentation of the Inscriptions in the Historic Zone of Cairo -- CHAPTER TEN The Uses of Persian on Monumental Epigraphy in Turkey -- CHAPTER ELEVEN Reconciliation or Estrangement? Colophon and Paintings in the TIEM Ẓafarnāma and Some Other Controversial Manuscripts -- CHAPTER TWELVE The Uses of Captions in Medieval Literary Arabic Manuscripts -- CHAPTER THIRTEEN The Iconography of the Shānāma, Ms. Taʾrikh Farisī 73, Dar al-Kutub, Cairo (796/1393–4) -- CHAPTER FOURTEEN ‘Introduction to Islamic Art’, ‘The Ayubs and Early Mamluks’ and ‘Iranian Art’ -- CHAPTER FIFTEEN Persian Poetry on Ilkhanid Art and Architecture -- CHAPTER SIXTEEN Siyah Qalam: The Jalayirid Connections -- CHAPTER SEVENTEEN The Bihbihani Anthology and its Antecedents -- CHAPTER EIGHTEEN Lifting the Veil from the Face of Persian Painting -- CHAPTER NINETEEN Rock Faces and Rock Figures in Persian Painting -- Index