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God is the light of the heavens and the earth : light in Islamic art and culture

Title God is the light of the heavens and the earth : light in Islamic art and culture
Author Bloom, Jonathan (Jonathan M.), Blair, Sheila, Biennial Hamad bin Khalifa Symposium on Islamic Art and Culture. author (5th : 2013 : Palermo, Italy)
Publication Date: 2015
Publication Place New Haven - Yale University Press, in association with Qatar Foundation, Virginia Commonwealth University, and Virginia Commonwealth University School of the Arts in Qatar
Subject Islamic art, Islamic arts, Islamic civilization, Light in art, Conference papers and proceedings, Islamic art -- Congresses, Islamic arts -- Congresses, Islamic civilization -- Congresses, Light in art -- Congresses, Islamisk konst, Ljus i konsten
Type Book
Language ara,eng
Digital No
Manuscript No
Pages Count 357
Physical Dimensions 30 cm
Library: Wesleyan University Library
Library Asset ID LC : 2015939014, ISBN : 9780300215281, ISBN : 0300215282, OCLC : (OCoLC)909251637
Record ID alma9910678721408696
Library Location Available from other libraries
Date 2015
Notes In English with some Arabic., "This volume, the latest in a series based on the Hamad bin Khalifa Biennial Symposia on Islamic Art and Culture, presents written versions of the lectures delivered in Palermo, Sicily, from 9-11 November 2013"--Page 3., Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-346) and index.
Sample Text • Foreword / Joseph H. Seipel • Introduction : light in Islamic art and culture / Jonathan Bloom and Sheila Blair • My art and light / Shirin Neshat • Light in the Qur'an and early Islamic exegesis / William A. Graham • Light and dark : the "checkered history" of early optics / Elaheh Kheirandish • The uses of light in Islamic architecture / Robert Hillenbrand • Facets of light : the case of rock crystals / Anna Contadini • Pottery and light / Oliver Watson • Light in Persian poetry / Wheeler M. Thackston • The management of light in Persian painting / Barbara Brend • The delight and amiability of light in Mamluk architecture / Abdallah Kahil • By the light of the sun of Jahangir / Susan Stronge • Illuminating Ottoman ceremonial / Hakan Karateke • The power of "light-drawing" : on the uses of photography in Qajar Iran / Ali Behdad.
Tür Congresses, k v Conference publications, k v Conference papers (document genres), Conference papers and proceedings, Actes de congrès
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God is the light of the heavens and the earth : light in Islamic art and culture

Author Bloom, Jonathan (Jonathan M.), Blair, Sheila, Biennial Hamad bin Khalifa Symposium on Islamic Art and Culture. author (5th : 2013 : Palermo, Italy)
Publication Date 2015
Publication Place New Haven - Yale University Press, in association with Qatar Foundation, Virginia Commonwealth University, and Virginia Commonwealth University School of the Arts in Qatar
Subject Islamic art, Islamic arts, Islamic civilization, Light in art, Conference papers and proceedings, Islamic art -- Congresses, Islamic arts -- Congresses, Islamic civilization -- Congresses, Light in art -- Congresses, Islamisk konst, Ljus i konsten
Type Book
Language ara,eng
Digital No
Manuscript No
Pages Count 357
Physical Dimensions 30 cm
Library Wesleyan University Library
Library Asset ID LC : 2015939014, ISBN : 9780300215281, ISBN : 0300215282, OCLC : (OCoLC)909251637
Record ID alma9910678721408696
Library Location Available from other libraries
Date 2015
Notes In English with some Arabic., "This volume, the latest in a series based on the Hamad bin Khalifa Biennial Symposia on Islamic Art and Culture, presents written versions of the lectures delivered in Palermo, Sicily, from 9-11 November 2013"--Page 3., Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-346) and index.
Sample Text • Foreword / Joseph H. Seipel • Introduction : light in Islamic art and culture / Jonathan Bloom and Sheila Blair • My art and light / Shirin Neshat • Light in the Qur'an and early Islamic exegesis / William A. Graham • Light and dark : the "checkered history" of early optics / Elaheh Kheirandish • The uses of light in Islamic architecture / Robert Hillenbrand • Facets of light : the case of rock crystals / Anna Contadini • Pottery and light / Oliver Watson • Light in Persian poetry / Wheeler M. Thackston • The management of light in Persian painting / Barbara Brend • The delight and amiability of light in Mamluk architecture / Abdallah Kahil • By the light of the sun of Jahangir / Susan Stronge • Illuminating Ottoman ceremonial / Hakan Karateke • The power of "light-drawing" : on the uses of photography in Qajar Iran / Ali Behdad.
Tür Congresses, k v Conference publications, k v Conference papers (document genres), Conference papers and proceedings, Actes de congrès
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