TY  - BOOK
AU  - Blair,Sheila S.
TI  - Text and Image in Medieval Persian Art
SN  - 9781474464499
U1  - 709.550902 
PY  - 2014///
CY  - Edinburgh
PB  - Edinburgh University Press
KW  - Art, Iranian-History
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Intro -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Series Editor's Foreword -- Preface -- CHAPTER 1 Introduction -- CHAPTER 2 The Art of Writing: A Bowl from Samarqand -- Provenance -- The ceramic setting -- Inscriptions -- Script -- Clientele -- Wider horizons -- Afterlife -- CHAPTER 3 Perfuming the Air: A Rosewater Sprinkler from Herat -- Provenance -- The geographical and historical setting -- Metalwares from Herat -- Patronage -- Function -- Decoration -- Afterlife -- CHAPTER 4 Monumentality under the Mongols: The Tomb of Uljaytu at Sultaniyya -- Construction and redecoration -- Reasons for redecoration -- The pious foundation -- The architectural setting -- The tomb as inspiration for later Mongol rulers -- The tomb as inspiration for the Ilkhanids' rivals -- Afterlife -- CHAPTER 5 A Romantic Interlude: The Wedding Celebrations from a Manuscript withThree Poems by Khwaju Kirmani -- The text and its calligrapher -- The illustrated folios -- Adding the paintings -- The royal setting -- The role of women -- Afterlife -- CHAPTER 6 Proclaiming Sovereignty: The Ardabil Carpets -- Provenance -- The inscription -- Gifts to shrines -- Why Ardabil in the 1540s? -- The repurposed Jannat Saray -- Afterlife at the shrine -- Afterlife in the west -- CHAPTER 7 Conclusion -- List of Abbreviations -- Bibliography -- Illustration Acknowledgments -- Index
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