The Art of the Qur'an: Treasures from the Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts
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| Rating | : | 4.42 (916 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1588345785 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 384 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-02-05 |
| Language | : | English |
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. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution. MASSUMEH FARHAD is chief curator and curator of Islamic art at the Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. A specialist in the arts of the book from 16th- and 17th-century Iran, Farhad has curated numerous exhibitions on the arts of the Islamic world and coauthored Slaves of the Shah: New Elites in Safavid Iran (2004) and Falnama: The Book of Omens (2009). Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution. SIMON RETTIG
"Just a wonderful exhibit and a fantastic catalog" according to T. Siddiqi. Just a wonderful exhibit and a fantastic catalog. Fascinating articles, amazing photography. I will cherish my visit to this exhibit for years and always look back to this book as a way to re-visit the Sackler gallery.. Little seen Islamic Treasures This is the catalogue of a fantastic exhibition held at the Sackler Museum in washington, D.C. The book itself is beautifully produced with up-to-date scholarly information and great illustrations. This should be a must for anyone interested in Islam, Islamic art, the history of Arabic calligraphy, and the art of the book.. Five Stars Wonderful, beautiful, comprehensive
LIBRARY JOURNALPublished in conjunction with an exhibition of the same name at the Freer Sackler Galleries at the Smithsonian Museum in Washington, DC, this volume succeeds in giving a thorough overview of the history of the Qur'an and the role of Qur'anic text in Islamic societies from the late seventh through the 17th centuries. Though dry at times, the writing is clear and easy to follow. A glossary is included. Accompanying essays from experts with academic, museum, and library backgrounds cover a historiography of the topic, a history of collecting and exhibiting Qur'ans, and th
In the early twentieth century, the Ottoman Empire was in political turmoil. Essays address the Qur'an as a written text--from content and organization to the elaborate calligraphy and illuminated designs that transformed the volumes into beautiful artworks. Most of these works have rarely, if ever, been published.. Penned by celebrated calligraphers and embellished by skilled illuminators and bookbinders, these manuscripts are now housed in the Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts (Türk ve slam Eserleri Müzesi or TIEM) in Istanbul, established in 1914. Sackler Gallery's groundbreaking exhibition, the first major presentation of Qur'ans in the United States. This story unfolds in The Art of the Qur'an: Treasures from the Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts, the companion publication to the Arthur M. The Art of the Qur'an also includes in-depth descriptions of some seventy works from TIEM and the Smithsonian's Sackler and Freer Galleries. The book's authors describe the formation of this one-of-a-kind collection and the history of TIEM, whose centuries-old records on patrons, calligraphers, illuminators, and provenance allow us to create "biographies" detailing the production of the Qur'ans in the exhibition. Officials moved valuable artworks--including thousands of sumptuous Qur'an (Koran) manuscripts and loose pages dating from the 7th to 17th century--to Istanbul to ensure th