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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Table of Contents:
  • Foreword /
  • Joseph H. Seipel
  • Introduction : light in Islamic art and culture /
  • Jonathan Bloom and Sheila Blair
  • My art and light /
  • Shirin Neshat
  • Light in the Qur'an and early Islamic exegesis /
  • William A. Graham
  • Light and dark : the "checkered history" of early optics /
  • Elaheh Kheirandish
  • The uses of light in Islamic architecture /
  • Robert Hillenbrand
  • Facets of light : the case of rock crystals /
  • Anna Contadini
  • Pottery and light /
  • Oliver Watson
  • Light in Persian poetry /
  • Wheeler M. Thackston
  • The management of light in Persian painting /
  • Barbara Brend
  • The delight and amiability of light in Mamluk architecture /
  • Abdallah Kahil
  • By the light of the sun of Jahangir /
  • Susan Stronge
  • Illuminating Ottoman ceremonial /
  • Hakan Karateke
  • The power of "light-drawing" : on the uses of photography in Qajar Iran /
  • Ali Behdad.