Pure decorations? Islamic arts, 19th-century perspectives.
Decorative Arts| N° d'inventaire | 16578 |
| Format | 25 x 29 |
| Détails | 359 p., color illustrations, paperback. |
| Publication | Paris, 2007 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782916914022 |
The Islamic art collections of the Decorative Arts present a virtually exhaustive panorama of the history of these arts, both geographically and chronologically, with some of the most remarkable collections in the world.
Eminently revealing of the history of Western taste, they were gathered between 1878 and 1920 by a small group of amateurs, dealers and collectors. They had a decisive influence on contemporary decorative arts and on the first attempts at art history in the Islamic field. This work presents more than 300 works: Ayyubid and Mamluk metals, silks from Nasrid Spain, Iznik ceramics, Ottoman, Safavid and Mughal carpets... The contributions of French and foreign specialists compare the idea of decoration in Islamic art with that of decorative art in the West and study the dialectical relations between Orientalism and modernity.
The Islamic art collections of the Decorative Arts present a virtually exhaustive panorama of the history of these arts, both geographically and chronologically, with some of the most remarkable collections in the world.
Eminently revealing of the history of Western taste, they were gathered between 1878 and 1920 by a small group of amateurs, dealers and collectors. They had a decisive influence on contemporary decorative arts and on the first attempts at art history in the Islamic field. This work presents more than 300 works: Ayyubid and Mamluk metals, silks from Nasrid Spain, Iznik ceramics, Ottoman, Safavid and Mughal carpets... The contributions of French and foreign specialists compare the idea of decoration in Islamic art with that of decorative art in the West and study the dialectical relations between Orientalism and modernity.