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Book Review
The World of Late Antiquity
10/2024 | 1459 | 166
Pages: 1093
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Reviewer:
Gardner-Dseagu, Christine (Gardner-Dseagu, Christine)
Subjects
subjects:
Antiquity / Roman art / Byzantine art / Islam / Christianity / Paganism
Reviewed Items
subjects:
The World of Late Antiquity By Peter Brown. 240 pp. incl. 129 col. + b. & w. ills. (Thames & Hudson, London, 2024), £10.60. ISBN 978–0–500–29748–3. | :
Illustrations
Western art unattributed:
7. Solidus of Justinian II. Byzantine, 692–95. Gold, diameter 1.9 cm. (Saint Louis Art Museum, St Louis).
Exhibition Review
Islam in Europe: 1000–1250
02/2023 | 1439 | 165
Pages: 173-176
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Reviewer:
Schwabauer, Adeline (Schwabauer, Adeline)
Subjects
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Dommuseum, Hildesheim, Germany
places:
Hildesheim
subjects:
Medieval art / Islam / Christianity / Chess / Vessels / Caskets / Textiles / Reliquaries / Rock crystals / Silks / Arabic scripts / Ornament / Coins / Seals
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Islam in Europe: 1000–1250 Dommuseum, Hildesheim 7th September 2022– 12th February 2023 | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
5. The Silos Casket, by Muhammad ibn Zayyan. Cuenca, 1026 (AH 417). Enamel plates and fixtures, Silos, c.1150. Ivory, copper and enamel, 19 by 34 by 21 cm. (Museo de Burgos; exh. Dommuseum Hildesheim).
Western art unattributed:
6. Senmurv aquamanile. Second third of the 12th century. Copper alloy, silver and niello, 19.6 by 16.5 cm. (Dommuseum, Hildesheim).
Western art unattributed:
7. Panel from the Ambon of Henry II, Aachen Cathedral. Before 1014. Rock crystal and chess pieces, Abbasid or Byzantine Empire, 9th or 10th century. Copper foil, quartz and agate. (Aachen Cathedral; exh. Dommuseum Hildesheim).
Book Review
Mosaics in the Medieval World: From Late Antiquity to the Fifteenth Century. By Liz James
04/2020 | 1405 | 162
Pages: 355-356
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Reviewer:
Hennessy, Cecily (Hennessy, Cecily)
Subjects
subjects:
Mosaics / Medieval art / Byzantine / Techniques / Religion / Religious architecture / Patronage / Christianity / Islam
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Mosaics in the Medieval World: From Late Antiquity to the Fifteenth Century By Liz James. 650 pp. incl. 161 col. + 167 b. & w. ills. (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2017),  135. ISBN 978–1–107–01198–4. | :
Illustrations
Western art unattributed:
2. Pope Paschal I kneeling before the Virgin and Child, S. Maria in Domnica, Rome. Ninth century. (Photograph Liz James).
Book Review
Tomb and Temple Re-imagining the Sacred Buildings of Jerusalem
04/2019 | 1393 | 161
Pages: 345-346
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Reviewer:
Milner, Lesley (Milner, Lesley)
Subjects
buildings:
Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem, Israel / Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem, Israel
places:
Jerusalem
subjects:
Architectural history / Christianity / Islam / Mosques / Chapels / Crusades / Temples
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Tomb and Temple: Re-imagining the Sacred Buildings of Jerusalem Edited by Robin Griffith-Jones and Eric Fernie. | :
Illustrations
Western art unattributed:
2. The Temple Church, London, showing the rotunda (1162), looking north. (Photograph Christopher Wilson).
Book Review
L’Empire des roses: Chefs-d’oeuvre de l’art persane du XIXe siècle. Edited by Gwenaëlle Fellinger
10/2018 | 1387 | 160
Pages: 874-875
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Reviewer:
Morris, Natasha (Morris, Natasha)
Subjects
artists:
Laurens, Jules / Afshar, Muhammad Hasan / Shirazi, Aqa Buzurg
dates:
1750-1799 / 1800-1899 / 1900-1949 / 1900-1909 / 1910-1919 / 1920-1929
media:
Paintings / Architecture / Art objects / Costume
museums and institutions:
Musée du Louvre-Lens, Lens, France
places:
France / Lens / Iran
subjects:
Persian painting / Persian architecture / Persian School / Persian / Exhibition catalogues / Critical Reception / Islam / Islamic painting / Islamic architecture / Portraits / Spirituality / Cultural history / Orientalism
subjects:
Qajar / Iranian School / Iranian
Book Review
Mosaics of Faith. Floors of Pagans, Jews, Samaritans, Christians, and Muslims in the Holy Land, R. Talgam
01/2016 | 1354 | 158
Pages: 038
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Reviewer:
Ling, Roger (Ling, Roger)
Subjects
places:
Israel / Palestine / Phoenicia (historical region)
subjects:
Mosaics / Pavements / History / Iconography / Techniques
subjects:
Hellenistic / Roman (ancient) / Judaism / Islam / Christianity
Illustrations
Non-western art unattributed:
48. Detail of mosaic pavement depicting the construction of Solomon's Temple, from the synagogue at Wadi el Haman, Israel. Early fourth century AD (Courtesy of Uzi Leibner, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
Book Review
The Arts of Intimacy. Christians, Jews, and Muslims in the Making of Castilian Culture
06/2010 | 1287 | 152
Pages: 415-416
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Reviewer:
Walker, Rose (Walker, Rose)
Subjects
places:
Spain / Castilla-La Mancha (region)
print:
Castilian art
subjects:
Religious art / Christianity / Islamic architecture / Islamic painting / Islamic sculpture / Jewish / Literature / Medieval / Early Christian / Cultural history / Castilian / Muslim / Judaism / Islam
subjects:
Art history / Architectural history
Reviewed Items
subjects:
The Arts of Intimacy. Christians, Jews, and Muslims in the Making of Castilian Culture | author: Balbale, Abigail Krasner , author: Dodds, Jerrilynn D. , author: Menocal, María Rosa
Illustrations
Western art unattributed:
66. Stucco decoration on the entrance arch of the palace of al-Mamun, Toledo. Eleventh century.
Book Review
Earthly Beauty, Heavenly Art: The Art of Islam
10/2000 | 1171 | 142
Pages: 634-635
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Reviewer:
Canby, Sheila (Canby, Sheila)
Subjects
subjects:
Islamic / Islam / Art / Aesthetics
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Earthly Beauty, Heavenly Art: The Art of Islam | author: Piotrovsky, Mikhail
Book Review
Arte veneziana e arte islamica. Atti del primo simposio internazionale sull' arte veneziana e l'arte islamica
08/1990 | 1049 | 132
Pages: 576-577
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Reviewer:
Rogers, J. M. (Rogers, J. M.; Rogers, John Michael; Rogers, Michael)
Subjects
places:
Italy / Venice
subjects:
Islam / Italian painting / Influence / Venetian / Conferences / Proceedings
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Arte veneziana e arte islamica. Atti del primo simposio internazionale sull' arte veneziana e l'arte islamica | author: Carboni, Stefano , author: Curatola, Giovanni , author: Grube, Ernst J.
Book Review
The Art of Constantinople
10/1962 | 715 | 104
Pages: 439
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Reviewer:
Gough, Michael (Gough, Michael)
Subjects
places:
Turkey / Istanbul
subjects:
Byzantine art / Cities
subjects:
Islamic / Islam / Mosques
Reviewed Items
subjects:
The Art of Constantinople | author: Beckwith, John
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