Catalogue of more than 300 examples of pre-Islamic and Islamic glass objects that are held in the Khalili Collection. The objects are grouped according to techniques of manufacture and decoration, and chronologically; the catalogue illustrating the development of glass making technology from its Byzantine and Sasanian beginnings into the nineteenth and twentieth centuries when European makers found new inspiration in Islamic forms. Mould formed glass and vessels with applied decoration, especially enamelling are well represented in the collection, and those with carved decoration are outstanding.

Glass: From Sasanian Antecedents to European Imitations (The Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Islamic Art, VOL XV)

Arts & Photography

Shalem, Avinoam

Goldstein, Sidney M.

Kröger, Jens

Gibson, Melanie

Nasser, Nahla

History & Criticism

Islam Christianized: Islamic Portable Objects in the Medieval Church Treasuries of the Latin West (Ars Faciendi, Bd. 7)

Collections, Catalogs & Exhibitions

Peter Lang Pub Inc

Unlike other studies on the interplay between Islam and the medieval West in the 'minor' arts, which have tended to focus on the impact of Islamic ideas and motifs on the West, this book approaches the topic from another angle. It is the first to tackle as a whole the complex subject of how Islamic artefacts (other than textiles) reached the Latin West and what attitudes towards them developed in the ecclesiastical sphere. The standard reaction was to re-interpret the object radically and to invest it with a Christian liturgical purpose and theological meaning. Usually the earlier history of these objects - to which their Arabic inscriptions bore witness - was blurred or indeed entirely obliterated, in a kind of cultural colonialism. The book makes full use of, and occasionally re-interprets, the medieval Arabic and Latin sources and uses the artefacts to illustrate the fascinating medieval interactions between East and West. It also includes a descriptive catalogue of the Islamic portable objects kept in the medieval church treasuries of the Latin West.

Islam Christianized: Islamic Portable Objects in the Medieval Church Treasuries of the Latin West: Second revised edition

History

World

Islam Christianized: Islamic Portable Objects in the Medieval Church Treasuries of the Latin West (Ars Faciendi)

Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften

Unlike other studies on the interplay between Islam and the medieval West in the 'minor' arts, which have tended to focus on the impact of Islamic ideas and motifs on the West, this book approaches the topic from another angle. It is the first to tackle as a whole the complex subject of how Islamic artefacts (other than textiles) reached the Latin West and what attitudes towards them developed in the ecclesiastical sphere. The standard reaction was to re-interpret the object radically and to invest it with a Christian liturgical purpose and theological meaning. Usually the earlier history of these objects - to which their Arabic inscriptions bore witness – was blurred or indeed entirely obliterated, in a kind of cultural colonialism. The book makes full use of, and occasionally re-interprets, the medieval Arabic and Latin sources and uses the artefacts to illustrate the fascinating medieval interactions between East and West. It also includes a descriptive catalogue of the Islamic portable objects kept in the medieval church treasuries of the Latin West.

<p>This breathtaking presentation of historic and contemporary Islamic art offers a lively comparison between past and present. A century ago, the exhibition 'Masterpieces of Muhammadan Art' at the Haus der Kunst in Munich, Germany, introduced the Western world to the artistic splendors of the East. Artists such as Wassily Kandinsky and Franz Marc, along with thousands of other visitors, were inspired by the works' colorful abstractions and technical brilliance. One hundred years later, thirty of the pieces from the original exhibition have been reintroduced alongside contemporary and previously unexhibited examples of Islamic art, design, photography and fashion. The juxtaposition highlights issues , such as how we define Islamic art today, the role of the avant-garde in past and contemporary art, and how the 1910 exhibition was a turning point for the reception and exploration of Islamic art in the West. These and other perspectives are explored in lively essays by scholars and curators. Beautiful color reproductions allow readers to appreciate the enduring traditions as well as the remarkable developments in Islamic art.</p>

The Future of Tradition-Tradition of the Future

Dercon, Chris

Krempel, Léon

Reference

Prestel

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