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The Gift Tradition in Islamic Art

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Description for The Gift Tradition in Islamic Art Paperback. The offering of gifts - state, religious and personal - is a practice nearly as ancient and widespread as human culture itself. This illustrated book explores the complex interplay between artistic production and gift-based patronage by discussing works of great aesthetic refinement that were either commissioned or repurposed as gifts. Num Pages: 160 pages, 70 color illus. BIC Classification: 1QFM; ACBP; AGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 263 x 231 x 12. Weight in Grams: 776.

The offering of gifts is a practice nearly as ancient and widespread as human culture itself. At courts throughout the Islamic world, the exchange of lavish gifts and endowments intimately linked art with diplomacy and royal ambitions, religion, and personal relationships.

This beautifully illustrated book explores the complex interplay between artistic production and gift-based patronage by discussing works of great aesthetic refinement that were either commissioned or repurposed as gifts. By tracing the unique histories of certain artworks, the author reveals how the exchange of luxury objects was central to the circulation, emulation, and assimilation of artistic forms both within and ... Read more



Distributed for the Museum of Islamic Art, Doha, in association with the Los Angeles County Museum of Art


Exhibition Schedule:

Museum of Islamic Art, Doha(03/19/12-06/02/12)

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780300184358
SKU
V9780300184358
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50

About Linda Komaroff
Linda Komaroff is curator of Islamic art at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

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