The Art of the Islamic Tile
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| Rating | : | 4.70 (869 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 208010876X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 288 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-08-15 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
From Morocco in the west to India in the east, their work adorns mosques and minarets, palaces and mausoleums, revealing an extraordinary mastery of form, function, and design. The art form continues to amaze and inspire today.This volume presents a broad panorama of Islamic architectural decoration in all it diversity, drawn from a vast area including Spain, North Africa, Turkey, Iran, and the Indian subcontinent. The architecture of the Islamic world represents an incontestable high point in the art of ceramic decoration, and employs an inexhaustible source of decorative motifs: from floral to figurative, from geometric to allegoric, all in sumptuous, vibrant color. Through the centuries Islamic potters and craftsmen have displayed a skill and ingenuity that verge on the miraculous. Islamic ceramic tilework is surely one of the most magnificent forms of decorative art in the world. Sumptuous illustrations-- accompanied by a text that places each monument in its historical, architectural, and technological context-- conjure up a dazzling, magic
The pictures will hypnotize you This is an excellent book, no matter how many times you go through it you are completely captivated by the pictures of the stunning mosques, mausoleums, palaces, etc. It actually makes you want to visit the whole muslim world country by country.From Esfahan, to Cairo, From Samarkand, to Cordova - (countries included: Morrocco, Alge. "Gorgeous!" according to D. Watkins. This book is full of wonderful photos! An excellent resource book for anyone who is interested in studying the visual richness of this medium.. Good photos but poor texts I understand that it is almost impossible to write about many different centres of Islamic tiles but at least the authors should try but not just put a lot of color pictures of the tiles and write short text about it. This books is just good title and size.
The author has published several scholarly works including Ornament and Decoration in Islamic Architecture (Thames & Hudson, 2000).Yves Porter holds a Ph.D. An experienced photographer of the Islamic world, and a civil engineer and architect, he teaches at the Ecole d'Architecture de Paris-la-Seine. He regularly participates in international conferences, has authored a book on the techniques of Persian painting, and has written numerous articles in both scientific and popular journals.. About the AuthorGerard Degeorge is an historian and specialist in the study of Syria and of the Arab world in general. in Iranian Studies and is a lecturer in Islamic Art at the Universite de Provence (Aix-en-Provence, France)
The author has published several scholarly works including Ornament and Decoration in Islamic Architecture (Thames & Hudson, 2000).Yves Porter holds a Ph.D. He regularly participates in international conferences, has authored a book on the techniques of Persian painting, and has written numerous articles in both scientific and popu