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.
Catalog of an exhibition held at the King Abdulaziz Center for World Culture, Dhahran, March 2016-February 2018. Includes bibliographical references.
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.
Summary:
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, and range in date from the 7th century to the modern era. Among the book's essays is an illustrated narration of the museum's recently conserved landmark acquisition, a Damascus Room, published here for the first time.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.