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Book Review
Lapis and Gold: Exploring Chester Beatty’s Ruzbihan Qur’an. By Elaine Wright
10/2019 | 1399 | 161
Pages: 876-877
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Reviewer:
Farhad, Massumeh (Farhad, Massumeh)
Subjects
artists:
Ruzbihan (Islamic calligrapher)
museums and institutions:
Chester Beatty Library, Dublin, Ireland
subjects:
Koran / Illuminated manuscripts / Islamic art
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Lapis and Gold: Exploring Chester Beatty’s Ruzbihan Qur’an By Elaine Wright. 352 pp. incl. 350 col. ills. (Ad Ilissvm, London), 2018, £90. ISBN 978–1–912168–04–0. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Folio from the Ruzbihan Qur’an, midsixteenth century. Paper, gold pigment, pigment and ink, 44.2 by 31 cm. (Chester Beatty Library, Dublin; MS CBL Is 1558, fol.185).
Exhibition Review
The Decorated Word: Writing and Picturing in Islamic Calligraphy. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
10/2019 | 1399 | 161
Pages: 860-863
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Reviewer:
Balbale, Abigail (Balbale, Abigail)
Subjects
dates:
2010-2019
media:
Koran / Manuscripts / Coins / Sculpture / Ceramics / Carpets / Paintings
styles:
Islamic art
subjects:
Calligraphy / Figurative art / Muslim / Writings / Religious art
Illustrations
Attributed works:
14. Untitled, by Golnaz Fathi. 2013. Acrylic, pen and varnish on canvas. Two panels, 100 by 140 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
Non-western art unattributed:
12. Bifolium from a Qur’an with a star-shaped prostration mark. Egypt or Syria, 13th century. Ink, opaque watercolour and gold on paper, 50.8 by 67.4 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
Non-western art unattributed:
13. Calligraphic galleon with the names of the Seven Sleepers, by ‘Abd al-Qadir Hisari. 1180 AH/ AD 1766–67. Ink and gold on paper, 48.3 by 43.2 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
Publication Received
The Arts of Islam. Treasures from the Nasser D. Khalili Collection
02/2009 | 1271 | 151
Pages: 112
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Reviewer:
Stanley, Tim (Stanley, Tim)
Subjects
collectors and dealers:
Khalili, Nasser D.
museums and institutions:
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia / Institut du Monde Arabe, Paris, France
places:
Sydney / Paris
places:
Abu Dhabi / United Arab Emirates
print:
Islamic art
private galleries:
Emirates Palace Hotel, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
subjects:
Islamic painting / Islamic sculpture / Catalogues / Exhibitions / Art / Muslim / Illuminated manuscripts / Collections, Private
subjects:
Koran
subjects:
Exhibition catalogues
Reviewed Items
subjects:
The Arts of Islam. Treasures from the Nasser D. Khalili Collection | author: Rogers, J. M.