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Book Review
The Sun King at Sea: Maritime Art and Galley Slavery in Louis XIV’s France. By Meredith Martin and Gillian Weiss
12/2022 | 1437 | 164
Pages: 1298
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Reviewer:
Bailey, Gauvin Alexander (Bailey, Gauvin Alexander)
Subjects
artists:
Louis XIV, King of France, 1638-1715
subjects:
French art / Slavery / Africans / Turkish / Muslim / Naval Ships / Slaves
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Murillo: Persuasion and Aura By Benito Navarrete Prieto. 348 pp. incl. 272 col. + 14 b. & w. ills. (Harvey Miller, London, 2021), £149. ISBN 978–1–912554–40–9. | :
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).
Book Review
Jerusalem 1000–1400: Every People Under Heaven. Edited by Barbara Drake Boehm and Melanie Holcomb
06/2017 | 1371 | 159
Pages: 477
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Reviewer:
Chojnacka, Monica (Chojnacka, Monica)
Subjects
dates:
1000-1099 / 1100-1199 / 1200-1299 / 1300-1399
dates:
2010-2019
museums and institutions:
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, United States
places:
Jerusalem
subjects:
Exhibition catalogues / Cultural history / Early Christian / Muslim / Islamic / Jewish / Art objects
Illustrations
Western art unattributed:
31. St Peter heals Tabitha, from the St Peter capital. Nazareth, early 1170s (Terra Sancta Museum, Basilica of the Annunciation, Nazareth)
Exhibition Review
Gifts of the Sultans. Los Angeles and Houston
10/2011 | 1303 | 153
Pages: 702-703
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Reviewer:
Rogers, J. M. (Rogers, J. M.; Rogers, John Michael; Rogers, Michael)
Subjects
dates:
2010-2019
museums and institutions:
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Houston, United States / Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, United States
places:
United States / Los Angeles / Houston
print:
Islamic art
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions / Islamic art / Islamic / Muslim / Gifts / Persian / Diplomacy
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Gifts of the Sultan: The Arts of Giving at the Islamic Courts | institution: Los Angeles County Museum of Art , institution: Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Illustrations
Non-western art unattributed:
86. Sardonyx cameo. Mughal India, seventeenth century. 6.7 by 7.2 cm. (Cabinet des Médailles, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris; exh. Los Angeles County Museum of Art).
Non-western art unattributed:
87. Jewelled gold case for a bezoar (Goa stone). Probably Indo-Portuguese, seventeenth century. 10.3 by 7.6 cm. (Topkapı Palace Museum, Istanbul; exh. Los Angeles County Museum of Art).
Non-western art unattributed:
88. Poems of Hilali, from the Ardabil shrine, Iran. Qazvin or Mashhad, AH 967/1568 AD. 23.8 by 14.5 cm. (page). (Museu Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon; exh. Museum of Fine Arts, Houston).
Non-western art unattributed:
89. Latticino mosque lamp, with stencilled decoration. Venice and Ottoman Turkey, sixteenth century. 28 cm. high. (Topkapı Palace Museum, Istanbul; exh. Museum of Fine Arts, Houston).
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.
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.
Short Notice
Islamic art in Paris: some recent exhibitions
06/2008 | 1263 | 150
Pages: 393-396
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Author:
Stanley, Tim (Stanley, Tim)
Subjects
museums and institutions:
Musée du Louvre, Paris, France / Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, France
places:
Paris / France
print:
Islamic art
subjects:
Islamic / Carpets / Costume / Decorative arts / Exhibitions
subjects:
Persian
subjects:
Muslim
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Chefs-d’œuvre islamiques de l’Aga Khan Museum | institution: Centro de Arte Moderna da Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian , institution: Ismaili Centre , institution: Musée du Louvre , institution: Palazzo della Pilotta
subjects:
Le Chant du monde. L’Art de l’Iran safavide, 1501–1736 | institution: Musée du Louvre
subjects:
Purs décors? Arts de l’Islam, regards du XIXe siècle. Collections des Arts Décoratifs | institution: Musée des Arts Décoratifs
Illustrations
Attributed works:
30. Evening gown, by Charles Frederick Worth. Paris, c.1895. Voided silk velvet, satin ground, muslin, linen and needle lace, 200 cm. long. (Musée des Arts décoratifs, Paris).
Non-western art unattributed:
28. Carpet with two types of medallion repeated against a dotted ground. Turkey, probably Ushak, c.1500–50. Wool warp, weft and pile, 508 by 250 cm. (Musée des Arts décoratifs, Paris).
Non-western art unattributed:
29. Four fragments of a carpet with a scroll set with animal heads against a blue ground. Iran, c.1500–1600. Silk warp and weft, wool pile, 103 by 85 cm.; 103 by 27.5 cm.; 103 by 32.5 cm.; and 20 by 80 cm. (Musée des Arts décoratifs, Paris).
Non-western art unattributed:
31. Bird-shaped ewer. Dated 897 in the Muslim era, equivalent to 1491–92 ad. Fritware, with decoration painted under the glaze, 33.6 cm. high. (Musée national de Céramique, Sèvres).
Non-western art unattributed:
32. Drinking horn. Georgia, c.1600–50. Bull’s horn with gold mounts set with rubies, spinels, turquoises and glass tourmelines, 41 cm. long. (Oruzheynaya Palata, Kremlin Museums, Moscow).
Non-western art unattributed:
33. Coat with a repeat design of a young man who has served himself a cup of wine. Iran, probably Isfahan, c.1600–50. Silk velvet, 123 cm. long. (Livrustkammaren, Stockholm).
Book Review
Crusader Art in the Holy Land, from the Third Crusade to the Fall of Acre, 1187–1291
08/2007 | 1253 | 149
Pages: 556
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Reviewer:
Cormack, Robin (Cormack, Robin)
Subjects
dates:
1180-1189 / 1190-1199 / 1200-1299
places:
Israel
places:
Jerusalem
print:
Medieval art
subjects:
Crusades
subjects:
Byzantine School / Byzantine art / Crusader / Early Christian / Islamic / Mediterranean / Muslim / European / Art
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Crusader Art in the Holy Land, from the Third Crusade to the Fall of Acre, 1187–1291 | author: Folda, Jaroslav
Book Review
A Bibliography of the Architecture, Arts and Crafts of Islam
09/1962 | 714 | 104
Pages: 399
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Reviewer:
Harvey, John (Harvey, John)
Subjects
subjects:
Architecture / Decorative arts / Islamic / Muslim / Bibliographies
subjects:
Islamic architecture
Reviewed Items
subjects:
A Bibliography of the Architecture, Arts and Crafts of Islam | author: Creswell, K. A. C.
Book Review
The Muslim Architecture of Egypt, II. Ayyubids and Early Bahrite Mamluks
01/1961 | 694 | 103
Pages: 24-25
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Reviewer:
Harvey, John (Harvey, John)
Subjects
places:
Egypt
subjects:
Muslim / Islamic architecture / Architecture
subjects:
Ayyubid / Mamluk
Reviewed Items
subjects:
The Muslim Architecture of Egypt, II. Ayyubids and Early Bahrite Mamluks | author: Creswell, K. A. C.
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