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The Palestinian folk arts have a rich and fascinating history. Silk thread and embroidery, together with an expanding repertoire of symbols, are known to have made their way from China to the Holy Land along the Silk and Spice Routes before being introduced... [ More...]
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Despite political upheavals under Muslim domination in the Middle Ages, Palestine was a center of great artistic activity and was recognized for its incredible dynamism. Its unique contribution to the Islamic "macrocosm," however, has been insufficiently... [ More...]
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One hundred individual carpets, dating from the 14th century to the present, woven in Israel, Iran, Turkey, Egypt, Greece, Bulgaria and The Ukraine are illustrated and accompanied by vigorous and informative commentaries. Their place, their time, their... [ More...]
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In his colorful stenciled images, Chant Avedissian deftly explores the boundaries between "high" and "low" art, politics and pop, the ephemeral and the enduring, and Egypt and the world. Avedissian refined his techniques in Western art schools, but he draws... [ More...]
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This book is a collection of papers from the 15th Giorgio Levi Della Vida Conference which explore the meaning of Islamic art in liminal contexts. The volume opens with an extended essay on various modes of experience of Islamic art, examining the origins... [ More...]
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This volume covers 56 items from Iraq, Iran, Syria, Egypt, Anatolia, India, Spain and North Africa, including a Qur'an written in gold in 12th century Iraq, and what may be the earliest surviving Qur'an from India. Even more remarkable is the only section... [ More...]
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