Art of the Islamic and Indian Worlds
Apr 24, 2013
Exclusive Title: Makariou, Sophie (Ed.): Islamic Art at the Musée du Louvre. Paris: 2012. 547pp., with 302 colour illustrations. Boards, 29 x 25cms.
A catalogue published to coincide with the opening to the public of the Louvre's new Islamic galleries, following 4 years of refurbishment. The rich collection of Islamic art within them spans 1,300 years and three continents, from Spain to northern India. More than 400 exceptional works are presented by curators and scientists from the department, chronologically and thematically arranged into poetry and prose, ornament, architecture, ruler's commissions, and others, also including a chapter dedicated to the art of the book. Includes 15 chronological maps and an extensive bibliography of sources and studies.
Kuhnel, Ernst: Die Islamischen Elfenbeinskulpturen. VIII.-XIII. Jahrhundert. Berlin: Gebr. Mann Verlag, 1971. 104pp plus vii, 112pp monochrome illustrations. Wrappers, and loose, as issued in publisher's portfolio. 47x37cms.
Huge survey, spanning Islam over five centuries, covering early Islamic, Hispano-Moresque, Saracenic, Fatimid and Sicilian cultures. With critical catalogue of 141 examples. Important reference work. With: index of sources and treasuries; locational index; previous collections; list of illustrations; bibliography. Text in German.
Advance Copy: Curtis, John: The Cyrus Cylinder and Ancient Persia: a New Beginning for the Middle East. Exhibition: Houston, Museum of Fine Arts; Los Angeles, Getty Museum; New York, Metropolitan Museum; San Francisco, Asian Art Museum and Washington, Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, 144 pp., colour illustrations throughout. Cloth, 28.5 x 23cms.
Catalogue of the touring exhibition exploring the British Museum's Cyrus Cylinder, dating to the Persian king Cyrus's conquest of Babylon in the 6th century BC, also enshrining the decree by which Cyrus freed the Jews from captivity in Babylon.
Porter, Venetia: Metalwork and Material Culture in the Islamic World: Art, Craft and Text. 2012. 544pp. Cloth, 24.6 x 17.2cms.
095704 £ 65.00
