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In this new, comprehensive study, featuring 379 full-colour images, Hamid Keshmirshekan considers the dynamics at play for Iranian artists as they confront their cultural past as well as issues of contemporaneity and cultural specificity.
traditional fields, such as classical art, Byzantine and medieval art, and the art of the Renaissance, recognizing the significant interaction of all those cultures with the Islamic world—yes, even classical art, long antique by the advent of Islam. I’d add to that the art of the ancient Near East, in particular Sasanian art.
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2 sie 2024 · These 13 essays examine different media, including architecture, manuscripts, portable arts and textiles, as well as the contemporary arts of painting, photography, printmaking and video, from the early Islamic period to the present.
Oleg Grabar, distinguished historian of Islamic art, Iranian Studies, 45:1, 2012, 139-44. Grabars definition of Islamic art is as follows: Islamic does not refer to the art of a particular religion, for a vast proportion of the monuments have little if anything to do with the faith of Islam.
The Met's collection of Islamic art ranges in date from the seventh to the twenty-first century. Its more than 15,000 objects reflect the great diversity and range of the cultural traditions of Islam, with works from as far westward as Spain and Morocco and as far eastward as Central Asia and Indonesia.
Many objects from Islamic culture are decorated with beautiful and intricate patterns of interlocking geometric shapes. Ranging from the simple to the intricate, geometric patterns can be found in all media, including manuscript illuminations, textiles, and wooden, metal, and ceramic objects.
