Islamic Art in the 19th Century: Tradition, Innovation, And Eclecticism - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 9004144420 ISBN 13 : 9789004144422

Editeur : Brill, 2005

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur :

Doris Behrens-Abouseif is Professor emerita at SOAS (The School of Oriental and African Studies), University London. Before joining SOAS she taught at the American University in Cairo and at the Universities of Freiburg and Munich in Germany. Among her books are Egypts Adjustment to Ottoman Rule (Leiden/ New York/Köln, 1994); Beauty in Arabic Culture (Princeton, 1999); Cairo of the Mamluks (London/Cairo, 2007); Practicing Diplomacy in the Mamluk Sultanate: Gifts and Material Culture in the Medieval Islamic World (London, 2014). Stephen Vernoit, D.Phil. (1990) at St. Antonys College, Oxford University, was research fellow in Islamic art and architecture at St. Antonys College and has subsequently lectured on Islamic history and art at Al-Akhawayn University in Morocco and at Durham University in England. His publications include Occidentalism: Islamic Art in the 19th Century (1997).

Présentation de l'éditeur :

This collection of essays on Islamic art and architecture in the nineteenth century covers a wide geographical area and draws together different regional elements. The essays devote much attention to social, political, economic and intellectual issues, including the role of tradition and responses to European aesthetics, among them the appropriation of orientalism and the rise of revivalist movements.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Brill
• Date d'édition: 2005
• ISBN 10: 9004144420
• ISBN 13: 9789004144422
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 456