The Iconography of Islamic Art: Studies in Honour of Robert Hillenbrand

Bernard O'Kane

Published by Edinburgh University Press 2005

The Iconography of Islamic Art

Studies in Honour of Robert Hillenbrand

Bernard O'Kane

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781474471428

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About this book

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 Auld
Marianne Barrucand
Sheila S. Blair
Jonathan M. Bloom
Barbara Brend
Anna Contadini
Abbas Daneshvari
Geza Fehervari
Barbara Finster
Finbarr Barry Flood
Oleg Grabar
Ulrike al-Khamis
Marcus Milwright
Bernard O'Kane
B. W. Robinson
Avinoam Shalem
Raya Y. Shani
Rachel Ward

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Preface Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Illustration Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Contributors Publicly Available Download PDF	xiv
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	xv
Chapter one. Birds and Blessings: Akohl-pot from Jerusalem Sylvia Auld Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Chapter two. Remarks on the Iconography of the Medieval Capitals of Cairo: Form and Emplacement Marianne Barrucand Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	23
Chapter Three. A mongol envoy Sheila S. Blair Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	45
Chapter four. Almoravid geometric designs in the pavement of the Cappella Palatina in Palermo Jonathan M. Bloom Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	61
Chapter five. A kingly posture: the iconography of sultan Husayn Bayqara Barbara Brend Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	81
Chapter six. Musical Beasts: The swan-phoenix in the Ibn Bakhtīshū Anna Contadini Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	93
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 Abbas Daneshvari Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	103
Chapter eight. Islamic incense-burners and the influence of Buddhist art Géza Fehérvári Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	127
Chapter nine. vine ornament and pomegranates as palace decoration in 'Anjar Barbara Finster Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	143
Chapter ten. Persianate trends in sultanate arhitecture: the great Mosque of Bada'un Finbarr Barry Flood Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	159
Chapter eleven. Silks, pots and jugs: Al-Jahiz and objects of Common Use Oleg Grabar Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	197
Chapter twelve. Khusrau Parviz as champion of Shi'ism? A closer look at an early Safavid miniature painting in the royal museum of Edinburgh Ulrike Al-Khamis Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	201
Chapter thirteen 'Waves of the Sea': responses to marble in written sources (ninth-fifteenth centuries) Marcus Milwright Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	211
Chapter fourteen. The arboreal Aesthetic: landscape, painting and architecture from Mongol Iran to Mamluk Egypt Bernard O’Kane Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	223
Chapter fifteen. Te Vicissitudes of Rustam a B. W. Robinson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	253
Chapter sixteen. Made for the show: the medieval treasury of the Ka'ba in Mecca Avinoam Shalem Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	269
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 Raya Y. Shani Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	285
Chapter eighteen. Style versus substance: the christian iconography on two vessels made for the Ayyubid sultan al-Salih Ayyub Rachel Ward Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	309
Bibliography of Robert Hillenbrand's Work Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	325
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	331

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Language: English
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 376
Keywords: Islamic Studies

eBook

Published: January 25, 2005
ISBN: 9781474471428