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The Art of Madi
ISBN: 9780863568718 / Angielski / Twarda / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. An invaluable overview of Hussein Madi's work over the past four decades, in which his intensely personal fusion of European and Islamic influences presents itself with a force that is both arresting and subtle. The combination of meticulousness and sensuality is everywhere evident. An invaluable overview of Hussein Madi's work over the past four decades, in which his intensely personal fusion of European and Islamic influence... |
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191,10 zł |
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The Arts and Crafts of Ancient Egypt
ISBN: 9781409783916 / Angielski / Miękka / 226 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This vintage book contains a fascinating exploration of ancient Egyptian arts and crafts, with over one hundred and forty illustrations. This volume is intended to aid in the understanding of Egyptian art, with the most striking works of each period shown in order to contrast the art of the different civilisations. The origins and connections of the art in each age are touched upon, and technical details given, in order to better understand the artifact's condition. A wonderful insight into the art of this fascinating ancient civilization, "The Arts And Crafts Of Ancient Egypt" is highly...
This vintage book contains a fascinating exploration of ancient Egyptian arts and crafts, with over one hundred and forty illustrations. This volume i...
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144,60 zł |
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Patterns, Costumes and Stencils
ISBN: 9780863566790 / Angielski / Miękka / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. 'Patterns, Costumes and Stencils' is a reflection of the diverse peoples, cultures and traditions that have influenced Avedissian's work, from the colourful textiles of Rajasthan and the glazed bricks of Samarkand to Egyptian magazine covers from the 1960s.
'Patterns, Costumes and Stencils' is a reflection of the diverse peoples, cultures and traditions that have influenced Avedissian's work, from the col...
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103,69 zł |
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Imagined Museums: Art and Modernity in Postcolonial Morocco
ISBN: 9780816665198 / Angielski / Miękka / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Imagined Museums examines the intertwined politics surrounding art and modernization in Morocco from 1912 to the present by considering the structure of the museum not only as a modern institution but also as a national monument to modernity, asking what happens when museum monuments start to crumble. In an analysis of museum history, exhibition policy, the lack of national museum space for modern art, and postmodern exhibit spaces in Morocco, Katarzyna Pieprzak focuses on the role that art plays in the social fabric of a modernizing Morocco. She argues that the decay of colonial and...
Imagined Museums examines the intertwined politics surrounding art and modernization in Morocco from 1912 to the present by considering the str...
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114,06 zł |
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Stass Paraskos
ISBN: 9780954452308 / Angielski / Miękka / 98 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Stass Paraskos is an artist who has been a major influence on generations of art students. From the 1960s to the 1980s he taught at some of the most innovative art schools in Britain, including Leeds College of Art, De Montfort University and the University for Creative Arts. In the 1990s he developed the Cyprus College of Art into a creative meeting point for artists and art students from around the world, turning it into what the art historian Ben Read has called Europe's answer to Black Mountain College in the United States. Yet Paraskos was not born into the art world. His family were...
Stass Paraskos is an artist who has been a major influence on generations of art students. From the 1960s to the 1980s he taught at some of the most i...
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120,54 zł |
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Persian Kingship and Architecture: Strategies of Power in Iran from the Achaemenids to the Pahlavis
ISBN: 9781848857513 / Angielski / Twarda / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Since the Shah went into exile and the Islamic Republic was established in 1979 in the wake of the Iranian Revolution, the very idea of monarchy in Iran has been contentious. Yet, as Persian Kingship and Architecture argues, the institution of kingship has historically played a pivotal role in articulating the abstract notion of 'Iran' since antiquity. These ideas surrounding kingship and nation have, in turn, served as a unifying cultural force despite shifting political and religious allegiances. Through analyses of palaces, mausolea, art, architectural decoration and urban design the...
Since the Shah went into exile and the Islamic Republic was established in 1979 in the wake of the Iranian Revolution, the very idea of monarchy in Ir...
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622,44 zł |
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The Look of the Book: Manuscript Production in Shiraz, 1303-1452
ISBN: 9780295991917 / Angielski / Twarda / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Look of the Book assesses the role of the city of Shiraz in Iranian book production between the early fourteenth and mid-fifteenth centuries. It is the first detailed analysis of all aspects of the book--illumination, codicology, illustration, calligraphy, and binding--during this significant era when the "look of the book" was transformed. Four periods of change are identified: the years following 1340, until the end of Injuid rule in Shiraz; the later 1350s and the 1360s, during Muzaffarid rule; the years from 1409 to 1415, when the Timurid prince Iskandar Sultan was governor... The Look of the Book assesses the role of the city of Shiraz in Iranian book production between the early fourteenth and mid-fifteenth centu... |
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321,59 zł |
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Calligraphies of Love
ISBN: 9780863569050 / Arabski / Miękka / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. -Let there be spaces in your togetherness. Inspired by love poems from the Arab and Muslim world, Hassan Massoudy's elegant, swirling compositions capture in calligraphy what countless poets have wrought with words. Through broad strokes and vibrant colours, the artist conveys the essence and meaning of love as captured by Rumi, Khalil Gibran, Ibn Zaydoun and Paul Eluard among others. With over one hundred colour illustrations, Calligraphies of Love is a unique gift book bringing together new... -Let there be spaces in your togetherness. Inspired by love poem... |
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50,91 zł |
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Harems of the Mind: Passages of Western Art and Literature
ISBN: 9780300198713 / Angielski / Miękka / 378 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Fascinating and mysterious, the idea of the harem long captured the imagination of the West. The Muslim practice of concealing the women of the household from the eyes of alien men tempted Europeans to extravagant projections of their own wishes and fears. This intriguing book examines the art that resulted. Drawing on a wide range of evidence from the late seventeenth century to the early twentieth century - including travel writing, literature, painting, and even opera - Ruth Bernard Yeazell demonstrates the surprising variety of expressions inspired by the harem of the Western imagination....
Fascinating and mysterious, the idea of the harem long captured the imagination of the West. The Muslim practice of concealing the women of the househ...
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271,49 zł |
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Les Lions En Pierre Sculptee Chez Les Bakhtiari: Description Et Significations de Sculptures Zoomorphes Dans Une Societe Tribale Du Sud-Ouest de L'Ira
ISBN: 9781907774225 / Francuski / Twarda / 274 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This impressive work of scholarship brings together anthropology, religion, popular culture, and history in its focus on Bakhtiari lion tombstones that have remained largely unknown and hence little studied. Although lions have long figured in Iranian history, art and myth as symbols of rulership, power, religious leadership or as steadfast guardians, art historians have tended to concentrate their attentions on court traditions and the role of lions in popular culture, especially in religion, has remained little considered until this book. Funerary stone lions are to be found throughout... This impressive work of scholarship brings together anthropology, religion, popular culture, and history in its focus on Bakhtiari lion tombstones ... |
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1036,64 zł |
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Islamic Art and the Museum: Approaches to Art and Archeology of the Muslim World in the Twenty-First Century
ISBN: 9780863564130 / Angielski / Miękka / 374 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Islamic Art and the Museum provides a historical and conceptual analysis of Islamic art and documents the successes and failings of its presentation in museums worldwide. The contributors challenge existing notions on the research, methodology, and analysis of Islamic art and investigate the extent to which socio-historical and anthropological approaches result in new analytical perspectives. They also examine the difficulties that need to be overcome when presenting Islamic art to avoid reducing the objects merely to the visual and aesthetic. Museums covered in detail include... Islamic Art and the Museum provides a historical and conceptual analysis of Islamic art and documents the successes and failings of its pres... |
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136,50 zł |
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The Art and Life of Chaouki Chamoun
ISBN: 9780863567919 / Angielski / Twarda / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Chaouki Chamoun is one of the Middle East's most renowned artists. With 319 color plates to illustrate his story, Chamoun leads us through his own artistic journey, showing how the schools of the modern era have informed his technique and imagery, and how he has been motivated and inspired as much by the tiniest details of a pebble as by the political turmoil visited on his homeland. Born in Lebanon in 1942, Chaouki Chamoun has participated in over fifty group art shows and biennales since 1969. He is the president of the Lebanese Artists Association and has studied at both... Chaouki Chamoun is one of the Middle East's most renowned artists. With 319 color plates to illustrate his story, Chamoun leads us through his own ... |
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191,10 zł |
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Light and Shadows: The Story of Iranian Jews
ISBN: 9780984755028 / Angielski / Twarda / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Light and Shadows highlights the 2,700-year history of Jews in Iran. It reveals centuries of oppression, fascinating cultural borrowings, and great artistic achievements. The story is told through rare archaeological artifacts, illuminated manuscripts, beautiful ritual objects and amulets, ceremonial garments, musical instruments, photographs, and more. It examines as well the large-scale exodus of the Jewish community following the Islamic Revolution in 1979. Today, at least 25,000 practicing Jews remain in Iran, unwilling to give up their ancestral home and the distinctive... Light and Shadows highlights the 2,700-year history of Jews in Iran. It reveals centuries of oppression, fascinating cultural borrowings, an... |
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124,44 zł |
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The Visual World of Muslim India: The Art, Culture and Society of the Deccan in the Early Modern Era
ISBN: 9781848857469 / Angielski / Twarda / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Between the fourteenth and eighteenth centuries, the Deccan stood at the crossroads of far-reaching commercial and diplomatic networks. It ranged from Arabia and Iran to East Asia and, increasingly, fell within the orbit of European colonial expansion. This resulted in an immensely rich visual culture in the region, shaped further by the dynamic encounters between the different versions of Islam patronized by the ruling dynasties of the period, and diverse local linguistic, religious and artistic traditions. This new book is the first richly illustrated and comprehensive exploration of the...
Between the fourteenth and eighteenth centuries, the Deccan stood at the crossroads of far-reaching commercial and diplomatic networks. It ranged from...
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674,31 zł |
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Inventing Byzantine Iconoclasm
ISBN: 9781853997501 / Angielski / Miękka / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Byzantine 'iconoclasm' is famous and has influenced iconoclast movements from the English Reformation and French Revolution to Taliban, but it has also been woefully misunderstood: this book shows how and why the debate about images was more complicated, and more interesting, than it has been presented in the past. It explores how icons came to be so important, who opposed them, and how the debate about images played itself out over the years between c. 680 and 850. Many widely accepted assumptions about 'iconoclasm' - that it was an imperial initiative that resulted in widespread... Byzantine 'iconoclasm' is famous and has influenced iconoclast movements from the English Reformation and French Revolution to Taliban, but it has ... |
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145,18 zł |
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Susan Hefuna Pars Pro Toto Iii
ISBN: 9783868283273 / Angielski / Miękka / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Pars Pro Toto III is the result of a close dialog between Egyptian-German artist Susan Hefuna and curator Hans Ulrich Obrist. The focus in this book is on Hefuna's complex work groups on site-specific and architectural installations, video works and choreographies. Hefuna uses urban spaces and cities like Cairo, London, Istanbul, Sharjah, Sydney, New York, and Vienna as her laboratory. The artist interacts with dancers, communities, urban and human structures in both personal and political ways. Pars Pro Toto III also features a foreword by Hans Ulrich Obrist, an interview with the... Pars Pro Toto III is the result of a close dialog between Egyptian-German artist Susan Hefuna and curator Hans Ulrich Obrist. The focus in this boo... |
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262,08 zł |
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The Queen of Heaven. a New Interpretation of the Goddess in Ancient Near Eastern Art
ISBN: 9780955903717 / Angielski / Miękka / 190 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Queen of Heaven is a step-by-step guide to the symbolism of the so-called fertility religions of the antique worlds. With over 150 illustrations, it is the indispensable guide to the nature and meaning of many of the major symbols found in ancient art and mythology.
The Queen of Heaven is a step-by-step guide to the symbolism of the so-called fertility religions of the antique worlds. With over 150 illustrations, ...
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116,24 zł |
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The Herbal of al-Ghafiqi: A Facsimile Edition with Critical Essays
ISBN: 9780773544758 / Angielski / Twarda / 736 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Herbals" - collections describing plants used for medicinal purposes - were among the ancient and medieval world's most valued scientific texts, synthesizing a vast treasury of medical learning to facilitate scientific edification for scholar, bibliophiles, or practical consultation by physicians. Abu Ja?far al-Ghafiqi (d. ca. 1165 CE) lived in the Arab-Islamic zone of the southern Iberian peninsula called al-Andalus, a land of many cultures, religions, and languages. His Herbal reflects the diverse milieu in which he lived, drawing from ancient Greek sources like Dioscorides and Galen as...
"Herbals" - collections describing plants used for medicinal purposes - were among the ancient and medieval world's most valued scientific texts, synt...
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752,12 zł |
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Mona Hatoum: Turbulence
ISBN: 9788836628117 / Angielski / Twarda / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Mona Hatoum: Turbulence, published to accompany the artist's first major exhibition in the Arab world, highlights the diverse artistic output of Mona Hatoum (born 1952) over the past 30 years. Its centerpiece is the work Turbulence. Placed exactly at the exhibition space's center, this installation comprises a 13 x 13-foot square composed of thousands of glass marbles laid directly into the floor. The notion of -turbulence- as a conceptual framework for the exhibition is derived not only from this key piece, but also from the thematic and formal dichotomies and unexpected...
Mona Hatoum: Turbulence, published to accompany the artist's first major exhibition in the Arab world, highlights the diverse artistic output o...
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163,80 zł |
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Queen of the Night. the Role of the Stars in the Creation of the Child
ISBN: 9780955903731 / Angielski / Miękka / 216 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In 'Queen of the Night', author Gavin White develops a radical new theory of how prehistoric peoples of the Near East conceived of the heavens. Drawing on ancient art and design, the author elucidates the symbolism of the principal zodiac constellations, and furthermore explores the nature of the planets that weave their way around the skies. In doing so, he uncovers the basis of a perennial philosophy that lies at the very heart of ancient astrology, mythology and early religion.
In 'Queen of the Night', author Gavin White develops a radical new theory of how prehistoric peoples of the Near East conceived of the heavens. Drawin...
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120,54 zł |