Mamluk Art
Mamluk Art

Author: Abdullah Abdel Hamid El-Attar

Publisher: Museum Ohne Grenzen / Museum with No Frontiers, VI Museum Ohne Grenzen / Museum with No Frontiers, V

Published: 2010-07-19

Total Pages: 236

ISBN-13: 9783902782021

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Mamluk Art: The Splendour and Magic of the Sultans tells the story of almost three centuries of political security and economic stability achieved by the sultans' successful defence against Mongol and Crusader threats. The intellectual, scientific and artistic currents that flourished then are manifest in Mamluk architecture and decorative arts, almost modern in their elegant and lively simplicity, bearing witness to the vitality of Mamluk trade, to their cultural exuberance and to their military and religious strength. Eight itineraries invite you to discover 51 museums, monuments and sites in Cairo, Alexandria and the Nile Delta.

Splendours of an Islamic World
Splendours of an Islamic World

Author: Henri Stierlin

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Published: 1997-12-15

Total Pages: 236

ISBN-13: 1860642195

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The reign of the Mamluks marked a breathtaking flowering of Islamic art. Mamluk control of trade across much of the Middle East supported the artistic output that made Cairo, in the words of Ibn Khaldun, "the center of the universe and the garden of the world". This book shows off the majestic domes, courtyards, and soaring minarets that won Cairo its high praise. 170 color photos.

The Book in Mamluk Egypt and Syria (1250-1517)
The Book in Mamluk Egypt and Syria (1250-1517)

Author: Doris Behrens-Abouseif

Publisher:

Published: 2019

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9789004387003

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This volume is dedicated to the circulation of the book as a commodity in the Mamluk sultanate. It discusses the impact of princely patronage on the production of books, the formation and management of libraries in religious institutions, their size and their physical setting.

Ubi Sumus? Quo Vademus?
Ubi Sumus? Quo Vademus?

Author: Stephan Conermann

Publisher: V&R unipress GmbH

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 364

ISBN-13: 3847101005

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Sources, which have so far often been overshadowed by chronicles and normative literature, are also the focus of interest of this book. Treatises against unacceptable innovations, pilgrims guidebooks, travel reports, prosopographical and biographical writings, journals and diaries, folk novels, documents and law manuals can provide us with valuable information. But what generally applies for Mamlukology is the fact that an enormous amount of fundamental work in the edition of texts remains yet to be done. Many Mamlukists are primarily engaged in this activity. It may also have been this unavoidable focus on handwritten materials that resulted in the fact that the scholars studying the Mamluk Era have only very rarely occupied themselves with interdisciplinary questions or theoretical hypotheses. Nevertheless, during the last ten years a lot of innovative research has been done in this field. For the first time, this book presents the state of the art with regards to the Mamluk Empire.

Islamic Art, Literature, and Culture
Islamic Art, Literature, and Culture

Author: Kathleen Kuiper Manager, Arts and Culture

Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc

Published: 2009-12-20

Total Pages: 234

ISBN-13: 1615300198

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Discusses the art, architecture, literature, and culture of Islamic nations, including the development of Arabic calligraphy, literary elements in Islamic literature, and historic traditions of Islamic visual arts.

Facts and Artefacts - Art in the Islamic World
Facts and Artefacts - Art in the Islamic World

Author: Annette Hagedorn

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2007-11-13

Total Pages: 524

ISBN-13: 9047422813

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The scholarly search on the art of the object is of enduring interest and enjoys a new renaissance in the last few years. This book mainly explores the art and craft of Islamic artefacts and presents to the reader a diverse range of approaches. Despite this variety, in which also artefacts of the pre-Islamic, period as well as 'orientalized' European artefacts of the modern era are included, there is an overarching theme – the linking of the interpretation of objects and their specific aesthetics to textual sources and the aim of setting them in historical and artistic context. In this impressive collection honouring the German scholar of Islamic art Jens Kröger on his 65th birthday, Avinoam Shalem and Annette Hagedorn bring together contributions from a highly distinguished group of scholars of Asiatic, Sasanian, Islamic as well as European art history. Unpublished artefacts and new interpretations are presented in this book.

The Umayyads
The Umayyads

Author: Museum With No Frontiers

Publisher: AIRP

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 226

ISBN-13: 9781874044352

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This fascinating new series will present 12 Exhibition Trails in 11 countries, which follow the chronology of the spread of Islamic art in that area. The Museum With No Frontiers programme is based on the novel idea of organising exhibitions without transporting the works of art, instead allowing the visitor to discover the artefacts, architecture and museums in their original environment and within their historical and cultural context. This concept makes it possible for the Islamic art academic or enthusiast to experience art as a living illustration of social history. Each Exhibition Trail is divided into a number of itineraries that provide detailed information on the history and significance of each structure or work and offer practical information on guided tours, transportation and cultural activities. The beautifully illustrated descriptions of the archaeological sites, artworks and architecture are written by experts in the field who live in the specified area itself. Visit the virtual gallery www.mwnf.org for further information. The exhibition is devoted to significant monuments from the reign of the Umayyad caliphs (660-750 AD) in an area that stretched from Amman to Mo