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By the Pen and What They Write: Writing in Islamic Art and Culture Hardcover - 2017
by Sheila S. Blair (Editor); Jonathan M. Bloom (Editor)
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- Title By the Pen and What They Write: Writing in Islamic Art and Culture
- Author Sheila S. Blair (Editor); Jonathan M. Bloom (Editor)
- Binding Hardcover
- Pages 318
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Other Distribution
- Date 2017
- Illustrated Yes
- ISBN 9780300228243 / 0300228244
- Weight 4.55 lbs (2.06 kg)
- Dimensions 11.7 x 9.4 x 1.3 in (29.72 x 23.88 x 3.30 cm)
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Themes
- Cultural Region: Middle Eastern
- Religious Orientation: Islamic
- Library of Congress subjects Islamic calligraphy, Islamic calligraphy in art
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2017005387
- Dewey Decimal Code 745.610
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Large-format volume, measuring approximately 9.5" x 12", is bound in red cloth, with stamped black lettering to spine. Book and dust jacket are new. Lavishly illustrated. Jacket is preserved in mylar cover. xi/305 pages.Proceedings of the Fifth Biennial Hamad bin Khalifa Symposium on Islamic Art, November 9-11, 2013, Palermo, Sicily."Considered by Muslims as the only true art, calligraphy has played a prominent role in Islamic culture since the time of the prophet Muhammad. Exploring this central role of the written word in Islam and how writing practices have evolved and adapted in different historical contexts, this book provides an overview of the enormous impact that writing in Arabic script has had on the visual arts of the Islamic world. Approaching the topic from a number of different perspectives, the essays in this volume include discussions on the relationship between orality and the written word; the materiality of the written word, ranging from the type of paper on which books were written…
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