Text and image in medieval Persian art /
This book investigates the interaction between word and image in medieval Persian art. Greater Iranian arts from the 10th to the 16th century are technically some of the finest produced anywhere. They are also intellectually engaging, showing the lively interaction between the verbal and the visual...
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| Language: | English |
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Edinburgh :
Edinburgh University Press,
[2014]
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| ISBN: | 9780748655786 0748655786 |
Table of Contents:
- The art of writing : a bowl from Samarqand
- Perfuming the air : a rosewater sprinkler from Herat
- Monumentality under the Mongols : the tomb of Uljaytu at Sultaniyya
- A romantic interlude : the wedding celebrations from a manuscript with three poems by Khwaju Kirmani
- Proclaiming sovereignty : the Ardabil carpets provenance.