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Discover Islamic Art
in the Mediterranean
The great Islamic Dynasties of the Mediterranean are the protagonists of this book, together with their fascinating artistic and cultural legacy. Thirty-nine scholars, museum curators and experts in cultural heritage, from 14 countries in Europe, North Africa and the Middle East, are the authors of the 22 chapters that take the reader through 13 centuries of Islamic history from the period of the Prophet Muhammad up until the end of the Ottoman Empire (1922). Discover Islamic Art in the Mediterranean is a collaborative work that was written for all those who share our idea that there is not only one history, but that at least as many histories as peoples exist. The idea of this book is to contribute to a historically more accurate and thus more authentic understanding of Islam by offering different perspectives of interpreting history, art and culture. This Book is published to complement the www.discoverislamicart.org Virtual Museum and its cycle of 18 Virtual Exhibitions Discover Islamic Art in the Mediterranean.
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L'Arte Islamica nel Mediterraneo - Italia
L'Arte Siculo-Normanna
La cultura islamica nella Sicilia medievale
N. G. Leone, E. Mauro, C. Quartarone, E. Sessa.
328 pages with 291 colour illustrations and 70 plans.
This book is available in
Deutsch, English, Español, Français, Italiano.
La cultura islamica nella Sicilia medievale illustra i modi raffinati con cui la grande eredità artistica e culturale della dominazione islamica sul'isola (secc. X-XI) venne assorbita e genialmente, reinterpretata nell'arco di tre secoli (XI -XIII) dagli artisti attivi durante il regno normanno di Sicilia che ebbe il suo acme con lo splendente età di Ruggero II. I dieci percorsi della mostra, che si snodano tra stupefacenti paesaggi costieri e montuosi, da Palermo a Siracusa, da Catania ad Agrigento, guidano il visitatore per borghi, castelli, chiese, giardini e antiche moschee cristianizzate.
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الفن الاسلامى فى البحر المتوسط - الاردن
The Umayyads
The Rise of Islamic Art
G. Bisheh, F. Zayadine, M. al-Asad, I. Kehrberg, L. Tohme.
222 pages with 182 colour illustrations and 43 plans.
This book is available in
العربية, English, Español, Français, Italiano.
Far from abolishing the freedom of local cults and undermining existing town plans, The Umayyads acknowledged the aesthetic language already in place on their arrival in Jordan (661), and re-invented its forms with an astonishing freedom of expression.
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Islamische Kunst im Mittelmeerraum - Spanien
Die Mudejar-Kunst
Islamiche Ästhetik in christlicher Kunst
G.M. Borrás Gualís, P. Lavado Paradinas, R. López Guzmán, Ma P. Mogollón Cano-Cortés, A. M. Martínez, Ma T. Pérez Higuera.
316 pages with 236 colour illustrations and 28 plans.
This book is available in
Deutsch, Français, Italiano, Português.
Die Kunst der muslimischen Bevölkerung, die auch nach der Reconquista in Spanien blieb, nimmt unbestritten eine einzigartige Stellung innerhalb der islamischen Kunstformen ein: Sie ist die sichtbare Manifestation eines wirklichen kulturellen Miteinanders, einer Verschmelzung zweier Kulturen, die trotz ihres politischen und religiösen Antagonismus eine fruchtbare künstlerische Romanze eingingen. Die für ihre Baukunst berühmten Mudejaren errichteten für die christlichen Neuankömmlinge unzählige Paläste, Klöster und Kirchen unter schöpferischer Bewahrung islamischer Formen. Die verschiedenen Regionen, durch die diese Ausstellungsstraße führt, sind die wichtigsten Stätten dieser Kunstwerke, die in ihrer großen Zahl und den vielfältigen Varianten von der Vitalität des Mudéjar-Stils zeugen.
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Islamic Art in the Mediterannean - Palestinian Territories
Pilgrimage, Sciences and Sufism
Islamic Art in the West Bank and Gaza
M. Hawari, Y. Natsheh, N. Al-Ju’beh, M. Abu Khalaf, M. Sadeq.
254 pages with 216 colour illustrations and 25 plans.
This book is available in
Deutsch, English, Español, Français, Italiano.
Throughout its entire history, Palestine has witnessed on its territory the convergence of the great Middle Eastern cultures. Besides the obvious destruction and devastation, this convergence enriched the region with highly evolved cultural traditions to ensure a glowing reputation that spread to the outer edges of the new Muslim order.
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Islamic Designs
Eva Wilson.
128 pages with 280 colour illustrations.
This visual anthology of 280 designs is drawn from the rich inheritance of Islamic art. Eva Wilson’s carefully researched drawings, largely taken from book illustrations, pottery and metalwork, reveal how intricate patterns were built up on simple geometric principles and traditional motifs. A concise and perceptive introduction describes how calligraphic, geometric and plant ornament patterns developed in accordance with the strict demands of the Koran. Useful information is provided in the notes on the materials and techniques of each design illustrated.
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Faszination „Shal“
Persische Woll- und Kaschmirstoffe im Vergleich. Ein Beitrag zur Kultur- und Technikgeschichte des 18. und 19. Jahrhunderts
Gudrun Schreiber.
96 pages with 65 colour illustrations.
Dieses Buch lässt auf exemplarische Weise erkennen, wie in einem Kulturkreis das ästhetische Empfinden verbunden mit den technischen Möglichkeiten einer bestimmten Zeit zu exklusiven textilen Produkten, die höchste gesellschaftliche...
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Islamic Tiles
Venetia Porter.
128 pages with 113 colour illustrations.
After first explaining the techniques of the craftsmen, including the invention of lustre and the use of blue and white, the author traces the development of tilework across a wide geographic area, beginning with the pre-Islamic tradition. Later decorative trends followed those of other forms of Islamic art, ranging from the influence of Chinese ornament to the glorification of the word of God through beautiful calligraphy.
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Islamic Art
Barbara Brend.
240 pages with 205 colour illustrations.
This highly illustrated history of Islamic art surveys the magnificent achievement of Muslim artists and craftsmen over 1200 years, from the 7th to the 19th centuries AD. Architecture, manuscripts, ceramics and glass, metalwork, textiles and carpets, with their distinctive subtlety of outline and sumptuous decoration, formed the basis of a cultural heritage of extraordinary richness. And yet under different local conditions – in Arabia or Turkey, Central Asia or Spain, North Africa, India or Iran – and in the hands of Arabs, Seljuks, Mamluks, Mongols, Timurid and Ottoman Turks, Safavids or Mughals, this shared heritage produced a great diversity of styles, which Barbara Brend examines region by region. She also considers the specific character of Islamic art and its influence in the West, as well as looking at modern developments. The book contains a useful glossary of Arabic, Turkish and Persian terms.
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