Beauty and identity : Islamic art from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art / Linda Komaroff, with contributions by John Hirx and Anke Scharrahs ; and Sandra Williams, Manal Alghannam, Keelan Overton.
This volume features 150 works from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art's rich holdings of Islamic art. The objects--including pottery, enameled and gilded glass, inlaid metalwork, carved ornamental stone and wood, woven textiles, and manuscripts--span the area from southern Spain to northern India...
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Language: | English Arabic |
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Text in English and Arabic. |
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Los Angeles, California :
Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA),
2016.
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Physical Description: | 308 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm |
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Contents:
- A room from Damascus : context, re-creation, and conservation
- Catalogue. Writing ; Light ; Early Islamic ; Water ; Medieval Islamic ; Ceramics ; Late Islamic ; Islamic art and Europe ; The Damascus room ; Dynasties.