The Dragon in Medieval East Christian and Islamic Art


PREZZO : EUR 254,00€
CODICE: ISBN 9004186638 EAN 9789004186637
AUTORE/CURATORE/ARTISTA :
Author: With a Foreword by:
EDITORE/PRODUTTORE :
COLLANA/SERIE :
DISPONIBILITA': In esaurimento


TITOLO/DENOMINAZIONE:
The Dragon in Medieval East Christian and Islamic Art

PREZZO : EUR 254,00€

CODICE :
ISBN 9004186638
EAN 9789004186637

AUTORE/CURATORE/ARTISTA :
Author: With a Foreword by:

EDITORE/PRODUTTORE:


COLLANA/SERIE:


ANNO:
2011

DISPONIBILITA':
In esaurimento

CARATTERISTICHE TECNICHE:
XIV-300 pages
200 full colour and b/w illustrations
Hardback

DESCRIZIONE:

Publisher's description:
This book is a pioneering work on a key iconographic motif, that of the dragon. It examines the perception of this complex, multifaceted motif within the overall intellectual and visual universe of the medieval Irano-Turkish world. Using a broadly comparative approach, the author explores the ever-shifting semantics of the dragon motif as it emerges in neighbouring Muslim and non-Muslim cultures. The book will be of particular interest to those concerned with the relationship between the pre-Islamic, Islamic and Eastern Christian (especially Armenian) world.
The study is fully illustrated, with 209 (b/w and full colour) plates, many of previously unpublished material. Illustrations include photographs of architectural structures visited by the author, as well as a vast collection of artefacts, all of which are described and discussed in detail with inscription readings, historical data and textual sources.


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