Author : D. Fairchild Ruggles
Publisher : Arts and Archaeology of the Is
ISBN 13 : 9789004264021
Total Pages : 311 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)
Book Synopsis Envisioning Islamic Art and Architecture by : D. Fairchild Ruggles
Download or read book Envisioning Islamic Art and Architecture written by D. Fairchild Ruggles and published by Arts and Archaeology of the Is. This book was released on 2014 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of studies on the portable arts, arts of the book, painting, photography, and architecture spanning the medieval and modern periods and across the historical Islamic lands. The essays reflect the wide-ranging interests and diverse methodologies of Holod and attend to the physical, material, and aesthetic properties of their objects, offer nuanced explanations of complex relations between objects and historical contexts, and remain critically aware of the shape of the field of Islamic art and architecture, its canonical objects, approaches, and historiographies.