Made for the eye of one who sees : Canadian contributions to the study of Islamic art and archaeology / edited by Marcus Milwright and Evanthia Baboula ; image editor: Fahmida Suleman.
Mshatta's Façade and the Viewer / Alexander Townson -- Innovative Tomb or Garden Retreat? The Bara Batashewala Mahal in Mughal Delhi / Hussein Keshani -- The Wazir Khan Masjid in Lahore: A Study of the Inscriptions / Erica Cruikshank Dodd -- The Mosques of Firuz Shah / Anthony Welch -- The Challenge of Interpreting Archaeological Remains in the Light of Written Sources: A Discussion Based on the Work of the Canadian Archaeological Mission in Zabid, Yemen / Ingrid Hehmeyer -- The Canadian Archaeological Mission of the Royal Ontario Museum in Yemen / Edward Keall -- Out of Sight, Out of Mind? Preliminary Observations on the Production and Use of Ceramic Drainage Pipes in the Islamic Middle East / Marcus Milwright -- A Group of Fourteenth-Century Ceramics from Deir Mar Musa, Syria / Robert Mason -- Reaching New Heights: The Giraffe in the Material Culture, Ceremonial, and Diplomacy of Fatimid Egypt / Fahmida Suleman -- Investigations into Later Persian Ceramics at the Royal Ontario Museum (1987-) / Lisa Golombek -- Stone Lions of Isfahan / Parviz Tanavoli -- Princes, Wine, and Animated Nature: Tabriz Painting about 1500 / Karin Rührdanz -- Building the Islamic Art Collection at the Royal Ontario Museum: The First Decades / Bita Pourvash -- Henri Matisse's Portrait of a Standing Riffian: Islam, Byzantium, and "Aristocratic Barbarism" / Mark Antliff -- The Dialogic Exhibition / Patricia Bentley and Zulfikar Hirji -- Process Thinking for Islamic Art and Media Art: Performative Abstraction and Collective Transformation / Laura U. Marks.
Summary:
"Canada has seen the study of Islamic art and archeology grow steadily over the last five decades, with growth in research and teaching across numerous Canadian universities as well as important collections of Islamic art and archaeological materials, most notably at the Royal Ontario Museum and the Aga Khan Museum. Made for the Eye of One Who Sees uncovers the contributions of scholars and museum curators at Canadian institutions to current scholarship on Islamic art. Employing a wide range of approaches and theoretical perspectives, contributors cover topics from across the Islamic world dating from the eighth century to the present. Subjects include the iconography of architectural design and decoration, the role of Qur'anic inscriptions, the representation of symbolic animals in sculpture, and the interpretation of Persian manuscript painting. The book also juxtaposes modern and contemporary worlds, providing insightful reflections on the early history of the Islamic collections at the Royal Ontario Museum, Matisse's creative encounter with Byzantine and Islamic visual culture, and the ongoing dialogue between new media and the traditional concepts underpinning Islamic art. Bringing together recent scholarship on Islamic art, architecture, and archaeology, Made for the Eye of One Who Sees provides an overview of the important contributions Canada is making to this rich and evolving field of study."--Provided by publisher.
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.