| Muqarnas, Volume 29 Contributor(s): Necipoğlu, Gülru (Editor) |
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ISBN: 9004234209 ISBN-13: 9789004234208 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $82.65 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: November 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Islamic Studies - Art | History - General |
| Dewey: 700 |
| Series: Muqarnas |
| Physical Information: (3.73 lbs) 432 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Muqarnas: An Annual on the Visual Cultures of the Islamic World is sponsored by the Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture at Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Muqarnas 29 features a subset of articles involving cross-cultural interactions between East and West as manifested in the visual culture of the region. Articles addressing this theme include "Visual Cosmopolitanism and Creative Translation: Artistic Conversations with Renaissance Italy in Mehmed II's Constantinople," by G lru Necipoğlu, and "The Bride of Trebizond: Turks And Turkmens on a Florentine Wedding Chest, circa 1460," by Cristelle Baskins. The "Notes and Sources" section highlights new research on the medieval town of Hulbuk in Central Asia. Contributors include: G lru Necipoğlu, Cristelle Baskins, Ana Pulido-Rull, Matt D. Saba, Jasmin Badr, Mustafa Tupev, nver Rustem, Ethem Eldem and Pierre Sim on. |