Sims marshak grube (2 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. English text.; Hardcover (with dust jacket).; 32.6 x 26 cm.; 2.4 kg., 350 pages colour illustrations.; Used with minor signs of wear on the exterior and interior. The dust jacket shows minor edge wear, scuffs and scratches. Interior with minor signs of wear.; This magnificent book is the first survey of the figural arts of the Iranian world from prehistoric times to the early twentieth century ever to consider themes, rather than styles. Analyzing primarily painting - in manuscripts and albums, on walls and on lacquered, painted pen boxes and caskets - but also the related arts of sculpture, ceramics, and metalwork, the author finds that the underlying themes depicted on them through the ages are remarkably consistent. Eleanor Sims demonstrates that all these arts display similar concerns: kingship and legitimacy; the righteous exercise of princely power and the defense of national territory; and the performance of rituals and the religious duties called for by the paramount cult of the day. She describes a variety of superb works of art inside and outside these categories, noting not only how they illustrate archetypal themes but also what it is about them that is unique. She also discusses the ways that Iranian art both influenced and was influenced by invaders and neighboring lands. Boris I. Marshak discusses pre-Islamic and also Central Asian art, in particular the earliest Iranian wall paintings and their pictorial parallels in rock carvings and metalwork, and the richly painted temples and houses of Panjikent. Ernst J. Grube considers religious imagery, and provides an informative bibliography.…

Hossein Amirsadeghi, 2002. In-4, 349-(1) pp., reliure éditeur, jaquette illustrée. Texte en anglais. Entièrement illustré en couleurs. Bel exemplaire. * Voir photographie(s) / See picture(s). * Membre du SLAM et de la LILA / ILAB Member. La librairie est ouverte du lundi au vendredi de 14h à 19h. Merci de nous prévenir avant de passer,certains de nos livres étant entreposés dans une réserve. …