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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
Article
New Islamic galleries
06/2013 | 1323 | 155
Pages: 396-401
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Reviewer:
Stanley, Tim (Stanley, Tim)
Subjects
artists:
Pei, I. M.
museums and institutions:
Musée du Louvre, Paris, France / Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, United States / Victoria and Albert Museum, London, Great Britain / Benaki Museum, Athens, Greece
museums and institutions:
Museum of Islamic Art, Doha, Qatar / The David Collection, Copenhagen, Denmark
subjects:
Collections, Public / Museums / Museum extensions / Displays / Art galleries / Islamic art / Islamic painting / Islamic sculpture / Islamic architecture
subjects:
Art museums / Ottoman
Illustrations
Attributed works:
47. The Museum of Islamic Art in Doha, Qatar, by I.M. Pei
Non-western art unattributed:
46. Display of Ottoman art at the David Collection, Copenhagen
Non-western art unattributed:
48. Eight medieval mosque lamps of enamelled and gilded glass on display at the Museum of Islamic Art, Doha
Non-western art unattributed:
49. The Moroccan Court at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Non-western art unattributed:
50. The new gallery for the Art of the Ottoman Court at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Non-western art unattributed:
51. Entrance chamber from a palatial residence. Egypt, Cairo (Musée du Louvre, Paris)
Non-western art unattributed:
52. The main basement gallery in the new Arts of Islam display at the Musée du Louvre, Paris
Western art unattributed:
45. Incense burner in the shape of a bird. Spain, perhaps Córdoba (David Collection, Copenhagen)
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.
Book Review
The Court of the Il-Khans 1290-1340
03/1998 | 1140 | 140
Pages: 206
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Reviewer:
Rogers, J. M. (Rogers, J. M.; Rogers, John Michael; Rogers, Michael)
Subjects
dates:
1250-1299 / 1300-1349
subjects:
Islamic painting / Illuminated manuscripts
Reviewed Items
subjects:
The Court of the Il-Khans 1290-1340 | author: Fitzherbert, Teresa , author: Raby, Julian
Book Review
The Art and Architecture of Islam 1250-1800
02/1995 | 1103 | 137
Pages: 120-121
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Reviewer:
Contadini, Anna (Contadini, Anna)
Subjects
subjects:
Islamic architecture / Islamic painting / Islamic sculpture
Reviewed Items
subjects:
The Art and Architecture of Islam 1250-1800 | author: Blair, Sheila S. , author: Bloom, Jonathan M.
Book Review
The Art and Architecture of Islam: 650-1250
03/1988 | 1020 | 130
Pages: 231
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Reviewer:
Gray, Basil (Gray, Basil; G., B.; Gray, B.)
Subjects
subjects:
Islamic architecture / Islamic painting / Islamic sculpture
Reviewed Items
subjects:
The Art and Architecture of Islam: 650-1250 | author: Ettinghausen, Richard , author: Grabar, Oleg
Letter
Delacroix's 'Oriental' Sources
09/1978 | 906 | 120
Pages: 603+615
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Author:
Johnson, Lee (Johnson, Lee)
Subjects
artists:
Delacroix, Eugène
dates:
1800-1899
places:
Middle East / France
subjects:
French painting / Visual sources
subjects:
Islamic painting
subjects:
Orientalism
Illustrations
Attributed works:
85. Studies of Oriental Figures, by Eugène Delacroix after Cassas. c.1825. Black Lead, 13.3 by 21 cm. (Musée du Louvre, RF 23355, fol.27 Recto).
Attributed works:
86. Studies of Costume, by Eugène Delacroix. c.1825. Black Lead, 13.3 by 21 cm. (Musée du Louvre, RF 23355, fol.32 Recto).
Attributed works:
87. Entrée solonnelle du Pacha au Caire, Drawn by L. F. Cassas; Engraved by Delaunay. 27.5 by 67 cm.
Attributed works:
88. Ali Pasha of Janina, by Louis Dupré. Dated 1819. Coloured Lithograph, 29.8 by 22.7 cm.
Book Review
Siyah Qalem: vollstandige Faksimile-Ausgabe der Blatter des Meisters Siyah Qalem aus des Besitz des Topkapi Sarayi Muzesi. Istanbul und der Freer Gallery of Art
04/1978 | 901 | 120
Pages: 242-243
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Reviewer:
Gray, Basil (Gray, Basil; G., B.; Gray, B.)
Subjects
artists:
Siyah-Kalem, Mehmed
dates:
1400-1449
museums and institutions:
Topkapi Sarayi Müzesi (Topkapi Museum), Istanbul, Turkey
places:
Turkey / Turkestan / Istanbul
subjects:
Islamic painting / Illuminated manuscripts
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Siyah Qalem: vollstandige Faksimile-Ausgabe der Blatter des Meisters Siyah Qalem aus des Besitz des Topkapi Sarayi Muzesi. Istanbul und der Freer Gallery of Art | author: Ipsiroglu, Mazhar S.
Article
Towards Delacroix's Oriental Sources
03/1978 | 900 | 120
Pages: 144+146-151
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Author:
Johnson, Lee (Johnson, Lee)
Subjects
artists:
Delacroix, Eugène
artists:
Melling, Antoine Ignace
dates:
1800-1849
places:
France / Paris
places:
Africa / Middle East
places:
Turkey / Istanbul
subjects:
French painting / Visual sources
subjects:
Islamic painting / Influence
subjects:
Drawings / Orientalism
Illustrations
Attributed works:
16. The Sultan of Morocco and His Entourage, by Eugène Delacroix. 1845. Canvas, 384 by 343 cm. (Musée des Augustins, Toulouse).
Attributed works:
17. Two Turkish Musicians, by Eugène Delacroix. 1824-26. Black Lead and Water-Colour, 13.5 by 20.3 cm. (Musée du Louvre).
Attributed works:
19. A Moslem Woman, by Eugène Delacroix. 1832. Black Lead and Water-Colour, 8.7 by 10.7 cm. (Formerly with Bernheim Jeune, Paris).
Attributed works:
21. Studies of Turks, by Eugène Delacroix. 1824-26. Black Lead, from the Same Sketchbook as Fig.17.
Attributed works:
22. Le Grand Seigneur, by Eugène Delacroix. 1824-26. Black Lead, from the Same Sketchbook as Fig.17.
Attributed works:
23. Marche Solemnelle du Grand-Seigneur, Drawn by Melling. Etching, 49 by 91 cm., Engraved by Duplessis, Bertaux and Réville, Finished by Duparc. (Victoria and Albert Museum).
Attributed works:
24. Persians with a Camel, Bas-Relief at Persepolis, from R. K. Porter, Travels.... I, pl.42 (Detail). 1821.
Non-western art unattributed:
18. Three Turkish Musicians, by a Turkish Artist, 1720. Colours and Gold, 12 by 19.3 cm. (Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris).
Western art unattributed:
20. Treasurer of the Seraglio, by a Turkish Artist. 1720. Colours and Gold, 18.2 by 10.8 cm., from the Same Volume as Fig.18.
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