God is the light of the heavens and the earth : light in Islamic art and culture /

God is the light of the heavens and the earth : light in Islamic art and culture /

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Corporate Author: Biennial Hamad bin Khalifa Symposium on Islamic Art and Culture Palermo, Italy)

Other Authors: Bloom, Jonathan, Blair, Sheila.

Format: Conference Proceeding Book

Language: English
Arabic

Published: New Haven : Yale University Press, in association with Qatar Foundation, Virginia Commonwealth University, and Virginia Commonwealth University School of the Arts in Qatar, [2015]

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Islamic arts > Congresses.
Islamic civilization > Congresses.
Light in art > Congresses.

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Call Number: NX688.A4 G63 2015

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500 |a "This volume, the latest in a series based on the Hamad bin Khalifa Biennial Symposia on Islamic Art and Culture, presents written versions of the lectures delivered in Palermo, Sicily, from 9-11 November 2013"--Page 3. 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-346) and index. 
505 0 |t Foreword /  |r Joseph H. Seipel --  |t Introduction : light in Islamic art and culture /  |r Jonathan Bloom and Sheila Blair --  |t My art and light /  |r Shirin Neshat --  |t Light in the Qur'an and early Islamic exegesis /  |r William A. Graham --  |t Light and dark : the "checkered history" of early optics /  |r Elaheh Kheirandish --  |t The uses of light in Islamic architecture /  |r Robert Hillenbrand --  |t Facets of light : the case of rock crystals /  |r Anna Contadini --  |t Pottery and light /  |r Oliver Watson --  |t Light in Persian poetry /  |r Wheeler M. Thackston --  |t The management of light in Persian painting /  |r Barbara Brend --  |t The delight and amiability of light in Mamluk architecture /  |r Abdallah Kahil --  |t By the light of the sun of Jahangir /  |r Susan Stronge --  |t Illuminating Ottoman ceremonial /  |r Hakan Karateke --  |t The power of "light-drawing" : on the uses of photography in Qajar Iran /  |r Ali Behdad. 
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