Tulips and Peacocks: William Morris and Art from the Islamic World
ISBN: 9780300276169 / Twarda / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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191,10 zł |
Sea of Ink--Forest of Pens: The Art of the Qur'an in the Hossein Afshar Collection
ISBN: 9780300278828 / Twarda / 04-02-2025 / 208 str. Książka dostępna od: 04-02-2025 |
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Termin ukazania się książki: 04-02-2025
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164,79 zł |
Modern Art in Cold War Beirut: Drawing Alliances
ISBN: 9781032013428 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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207,43 zł |
Art Against Authoritarianism in Southwest Asia and North Africa
ISBN: 9780755650651 / Twarda / 23-01-2025 / 256 str. Książka dostępna od: 23-01-2025 |
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Termin ukazania się książki: 23-01-2025
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418,85 zł |
Contemporary Iranian Art: New Perspectives
ISBN: 9780863569791 / Angielski / 29-04-2025 Książka dostępna od: 29-04-2025 |
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Termin ukazania się książki: 29-04-2025
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120,36 zł |
Pre-State Photographic Archives and the Zionist Movement
ISBN: 9781032187716 / Angielski / 30-01-2025 Książka dostępna od: 30-01-2025 |
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Termin ukazania się książki: 30-01-2025
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197,06 zł |
Glass from Islamic Lands
ISBN: 9780500976074 / Angielski / Miękka / 416 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This survey of Islamic glass is based on the al-Sabah collection in Kuwait. The work provides close attention to 250 of the glass objects while the remainder are described without discussion. Objects are included from the late 6th century to the 19th century.
This survey of Islamic glass is based on the al-Sabah collection in Kuwait. The work provides close attention to 250 of the glass objects while the re...
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136,23 zł |
Islamic Arts
ISBN: 9780714831763 / Angielski / Miękka / 448 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the years following the revelations of the Prophet Muhammad in the early seventh century AD, the new religion of Islam spread rapidly through Arabia to North Africa and Spain in the west and Cental Asia and India in the east. Through the following 1000 years, artists and craftsmen in the areas influenced by Islam produced some of the world's most beautiful works of art: from the Albrahmra to the Taj Mahal, from illuminated copies of the Koran to exquisite decorative arts: ceramics, textiles and metalwork.
In the years following the revelations of the Prophet Muhammad in the early seventh century AD, the new religion of Islam spread rapidly through Arabi...
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218,56 zł |
Painting in the Middle East: Contemporary Issues in the Middle East
ISBN: 9780815607526 / Angielski / Twarda / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. These delicate watercolors depict the beauty and peace that exist in a region despite violence and unrest.
These delicate watercolors depict the beauty and peace that exist in a region despite violence and unrest.
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43,14 zł |
Tehran Studio Works: The Art of Khosrow Hassanzadeh
ISBN: 9780863566707 / Angielski / Miękka / 142 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A retrospective on one of Iran's leading contemporary artists.
A retrospective on one of Iran's leading contemporary artists.
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70,93 zł |
The Art of Rawas: Conversations with Nazik Yared
ISBN: 9780863569098 / Angielski / Twarda / 239 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Standing today at the peak of an outstanding artistic career, those familiar with Rawas' work will welcome this volume as a much-needed permanent source of reference. This is a unique introduction to his work with 160 reproductions presented here.
Standing today at the peak of an outstanding artistic career, those familiar with Rawas' work will welcome this volume as a much-needed permanent sour...
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191,10 zł |
Contemporary Arab Women's Art: Dialogues of the Present
ISBN: 9781860645990 / Angielski / Miękka / 260 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book offers a unique opportunity to explore contemporary Arab art by women. The volume collects 18 Arab women artists from around the world to challenge western stereotyping of women's role in Arab society. The contributors and artists illustrate how women experience and question their lives as integral to the Arab diaspora. Their cross-cultural dialogue reflects the diversity of today's Arab art, and the fresh perspective that each artist brings to the genre.
This book offers a unique opportunity to explore contemporary Arab art by women. The volume collects 18 Arab women artists from around the world to ch...
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134,81 zł |
Picturing Iran : Art, Society and Revolution
ISBN: 9781860648830 / Angielski / Miękka / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book assesses modern Iranian visual culture from the 1960's and 1970's and suggests that modernity in Iran was a creative, complex, and contested process. It examines the expression of Iranian modernity in a variety of media including painting and sculpture, photography, posters, and graphic arts. It highlights new modes of artistic production and the expanding scene in Iran: developments in Iranian art criticism, exhibition apparatus, education, and patronage. The contributors also address changes in the iconography of Iranian art and in the increasingly social role of the artist. This...
This book assesses modern Iranian visual culture from the 1960's and 1970's and suggests that modernity in Iran was a creative, complex, and contested...
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174,67 zł |
Geometric Patterns from Islamic Art and Architecture: And How to Draw Them
ISBN: 9781899618224 / Angielski / Miękka / 64 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The original inspiration for this book came from visits to the buildings of Moorish Spain, in particular those of Grenada, Cordoba and Seville. This striking introduction to Islamic design was followed by journeys to the traditional sites of the Middle East and North Africa and then finally to the newer mosques of Britain. The original inspiration for this book came from visits to the buildings of Moorish Spain, in particular those of Grenada, Cordoba and Seville. Thi... |
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43,66 zł |
Islamic Chinoiserie: The Art of Mongol Iran
ISBN: 9780748635825 / Angielski / Twarda / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Mongol invasion in the thirteenth century marked a new phase in the development of Islamic art. Trans-Eurasian exchanges of goods, people and ideas were encouraged on a large scale under the auspices of the Pax Mongolica. With the fascination of portable objects brought from China and Central Asia, a distinctive, hitherto unknown style - Islamic chinoiserie - was born in the art of Iran. This illustrated book offers a fascinating glimpse into the artistic interaction between Iran and China under the Mongols. By using rich visual materials from various media of decorative and pictorial...
The Mongol invasion in the thirteenth century marked a new phase in the development of Islamic art. Trans-Eurasian exchanges of goods, people and idea...
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Late Mamluk Patronage: Qansuh al-Ghuri's Waqfs and His Foundations in Cairo
ISBN: 9781599429229 / Angielski / Miękka / 152 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book attempts to look at the structure and functions of the constituent elements of the Ghuriyya complex through the medium of contemporary sources --in particular its waqfiyya--and in doing so, the motives and attitudes of the patron, his goals and his ambitions are defined. In addition, the study seeks to place the monuments in broader context and examine them within the more extended social, economic, political, and cultural environment of al- Ghuri's reign. This book will be of considerable interest to academics and students working on the history of art and architecture, history,...
This book attempts to look at the structure and functions of the constituent elements of the Ghuriyya complex through the medium of contemporary sourc...
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149,67 zł |
The Prophet's Ascension: Cross-Cultural Encounters with the Islamic Mi'raj Tales
ISBN: 9780253353610 / Angielski / Twarda / 440 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The tales of the mi'raj describe the prophet Muhammad's journey through the heavens, his encounters with prophets and angels, and his visit to heaven and hell. The tales are among Islam's most popular, appearing in Arabic, Persian, and Turkish literature, and in later adaptations throughout the Muslim world. Often serving as narratives designed to promote the worldview of particular Muslim groups, the tales were also a means for communities to construct rules of normative behavior and ritual practices, and were used to assert the superiority of Islam over other religions. The essays in... The tales of the mi'raj describe the prophet Muhammad's journey through the heavens, his encounters with prophets and angels, and his visit to heav... |
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259,35 zł |
Revolution!: An Uncommon Chronicle of the American War for Independence
ISBN: 9781438990491 / Angielski / Miękka / 188 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Written in the present tense, similar to the front pages of our daily newspapers, Revolution is a 175 page chronicle of a remarkable contest fought between the largest, most powerful professional army on earth and a motley collection of men and boys, extremely ill equipped and inexperienced in the arts of warfare. Thirty three narratives describe the battles, while over half the remaining articles reveal how the radical revolutionaries, revered today as our founding fathers, sometimes barely succeed and more often miserably fail to keep a healthy Continental Army and a somewhat pusillanimous...
Written in the present tense, similar to the front pages of our daily newspapers, Revolution is a 175 page chronicle of a remarkable contest fought be...
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255,44 zł |
How to Identify Persian Rugs and Other Oriental Rugs
ISBN: 9781444651775 / Angielski / Twarda / 178 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This classic, historical book provides instruction on the facts necessary to enable the reader to identify any typical specimen of the better known classes of Oriental rugs. It gives diverse direction on classification with regard to their type, their age and their value. Despite its age this book contains much information that is still practical and useful today. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the...
This classic, historical book provides instruction on the facts necessary to enable the reader to identify any typical specimen of the better known cl...
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199,08 zł |
Zwischen Handwerkstradition Und Globalem Markt: Kunsthandwerker in Usbekistan Und Kirgistan
ISBN: 9783879973798 / Niemiecki / Miękka / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Seit Zerfall der Sowjetunion durchlaufen die unabhängigen Staaten Zentralasiens vielfältige politische, wirtschaftliche und kulturelle Transformationsprozesse, die sich auf alle Lebensbereiche der Bevölkerung auswirken. Internationale Organisationen der Entwicklungszusammenarbeit nehmen Einfluss auf diese Prozesse, indem sie einerseits lokale Ressourcen zu stärken versuchen, andererseits die Implementierung internationaler Normen und die Öffnung auf den globalen Markt fördern wollen. Am Beispiel von Kunsthandwerkern und ihren Produkten lässt sich zeigen, wie solche Projekte der...
Seit Zerfall der Sowjetunion durchlaufen die unabhängigen Staaten Zentralasiens vielfältige politische, wirtschaftliche und kulturelle Transformatio...
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170,96 zł |