In Harmony : The Norma Jean Calderwood Collection of Islamic Art
by McWILLIAMS, Mary (ed.)
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London - New Haven,: Yale University Press,, 2013.. A major philanthropist from the Boston area, Norma Jean Calderwood assembled an extensive collection of Islamic art, ranging from austere and powerful epigraphic ceramics of the 9th and 10th centuries to the introspective realism of late-19th-century portraiture. With more than fifty pieces of ceramics, the collection represents every significant period and technique in Persian pottery. It has particular strength in illustrations of the greatest epic poem in the Persian language, the Shahnama (Book of Kings) by Abul-Qasim Firdawsi, and also includes beautiful examples of album painting, drawing, and calligraphy. Nine essays by diverse experts explore issues of conservation as well as the cultural and historical significance of various objects in this largely unpublished collection. Topics include the influence of calligraphic line and physical gesture on Safavid drawings; figurative imagery on Iranian ceramics; and what cobalt pigment reveals about an objects origins.. 303 pages, with 309 illustrations in color, hardcover and cloth slipcase antiques antiek
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- Bookseller
- Antiquariaat Marc Van de Wiele (BE)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 16582
- Title
- In Harmony : The Norma Jean Calderwood Collection of Islamic Art
- Author
- McWILLIAMS, Mary (ed.)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- A major philanthropist from the Boston area, Norma Jean Calderwo
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Yale University Press,
- Place of Publication
- London - New Haven,
- Date Published
- 2013.
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About Antiquariaat Marc Van de Wiele
In 1976 Marc Van de Wiele rents a small shop in Prinsenhof, in Bruges. In 1977 he marries Anette. They move to the Sint-Salvatorskoorstraat, very close to the Simon Stévin square, a few years later.
In 1992, they buy and renovate a historical building on the corner of the Sint-Salvatorskerkhof and the Heilige Geeststraat.
Since forty years Marc Van de Wiele specialises in illustrated books from the 15th till the 20th century: books of hours, incunabula, natural history, atlases, medical books and books of artists. In 2004 Nathalie Van de Wiele (degree in romance languages) came into the business.
In 1992, they buy and renovate a historical building on the corner of the Sint-Salvatorskerkhof and the Heilige Geeststraat.
Since forty years Marc Van de Wiele specialises in illustrated books from the 15th till the 20th century: books of hours, incunabula, natural history, atlases, medical books and books of artists. In 2004 Nathalie Van de Wiele (degree in romance languages) came into the business.
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