Author: BIENNIAL HAMAD BIN KHALIFA SYMPOSIUM ON ISLAMIC ART AND CULTURE
Title: God is the light of the heavens and the Earth : light in Islamic art and culture / edited by Jonathan Bloom and Sheila Blair
Description: New Haven. Connecticut : Yale University Press. in association with Qatar Foundation. Virginia Commonwealth University. and Virginia Commonwealth University School of the Arts in Qatar 2015. First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight. bright. clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new. still in the publisher's original shrink wrap. Physical description; xi. 357 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour). 1 map (colour). portraits (some colour). facsimiles ; 30 cm. Summary; 'The Qur'an makes rich references to light. tying it to revelation. and light consequently permeates the culture and visual arts of the Islamic lands. This book explores the integral role of light in Islamic civilization across a wide range of media. from the Qur'an and literature to buildings. paintings. performances. photography. and other works produced over the past 14 centuries. A team of international experts conveys current scholarship on Islamic art in a manner that is engaging and accessible to the general reader. The objects discussed include some of the first identifiable works of Islamic art-modest oil lamps inscribed in Arabic. which developed into elaborately decorated metal and glass lamps and chandeliers. Later. photography. which creates images with light. was readily adopted in Islamic lands. and it continues to provide inspiration for contemporary artists. Generously illustrated with specially commissioned. sumptuous colour photographs. this book shows the potential of light to reveal colour. form. and meaning.' Subjects; Qur'an — Criticism. interpretation. etc. Koran — Criticism. interpretation. etc. — Congresses. Islamic arts — Congresses. Islamic civilization — Congresses. Light in art — Congresses. ISBN: 0300215282. Weight in Kg appr.:

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