The Art of the Qur an Treasures From the Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts
The Fine art of the Qur'an: Treasures from the Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts
In the early twentieth century, the Ottoman Empire was in political turmoil. Officials moved valuable artworks--including thousands of sumptuous Qur'an (Koran) manuscripts and loose pages dating from the 7th to 17th century--to Istanbul to ensure their prophylactic. Penned by celebrated calligraphers and embellished by skilled illuminators and bookbinders, these manuscripts are at present housed in the Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts (T�rk ve İslam Eserleri Thousand�zesi or TIEM) in Istanbul, established in 1914.
This story unfolds in The Art of the Qur'an: Treasures from the Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts, the companion publication to the Arthur 1000. Sackler Gallery'south groundbreaking exhibition, the first major presentation of Qur'ans in the United states of america. The book'southward authors describe the germination of this ane-of-a-kind drove and the history of TIEM, whose centuries-old records on patrons, calligraphers, illuminators, and provenance let united states to create "biographies" detailing the product of the Qur'ans in the exhibition. Essays address the Qur'an every bit a written text--from content and organization to the elaborate calligraphy and illuminated designs that transformed the volumes into beautiful artworks. The Fine art of the Qur'an too includes in-depth descriptions of some seventy works from TIEM and the Smithsonian's Sackler and Freer Galleries. It features total-page, color images of the primeval known Qur'an folios and manuscripts from the Umayyad and Abbasid Near E (seventh-10th century), Seljuk Iran and Anatolia (twelfth century), the Mongol Il-Khanid and Timurid empires and Mamluk Cairo (14th and 15th centuries), Safavid and Ottoman empires (16th and 17th centuries) likewise equally a number of mosque furnishings, such every bit Qur'an boxes and stands. Nigh of these works accept rarely, if ever, been published.
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MASSUMEH FARHAD is primary curator and curator of Islamic art at the Freer Gallery of Fine art and Arthur 1000. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution. A specialist in the arts of the book from 16th- and 17th-century Iran, Farhad has curated numerous exhibitions on the arts of the Islamic world and coauthored Slaves of the Shah: New Elites in Safavid Iran (2004) and Falnama: The Book of Omens (2009). SIMON RETTIG is the curatorial swain for the arts of the Islamic world at the Freer Gallery of Art and the Arthur K. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution. He holds a PhD in the history of Islamic art and architecture from Aix-Marseille University. He curated the Sackler'due south 2014 exhibition Nasta'liq: The Genius of Persian Calligraphy.
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Published in conjunction with an exhibition of the same proper noun at the Freer Sackler Galleries at the Smithsonian Museum in Washington, DC, this book succeeds in giving a thorough overview of the history of the Qur'an and the role of Qur'anic text in Islamic societies from the belatedly seventh through the 17th centuries. Accompanying essays from experts with bookish, museum, and library backgrounds comprehend a historiography of the topic, a history of collecting and exhibiting Qur'ans, and the evolution of and regional distinctions in materials, layouts, and styles (in calligraphy and in illumination and decoration). Though dry at times, the writing is clear and easy to follow. The catalog's 67 entries include beautiful photographs of the items (Qur'ans, Qur'an chests, and Qur'an stands) alongside detailed detail descriptions. A glossary is included. VERDICT Students and experts of Islamic history, religious studies, and Islamic art will find this piece of work extremely useful and will please in its comprehensive nature. Essential for academic and art libraries, simply not a necessary purchase for public libraries.—Jennifer Naimzadeh, Richland Lib., Columbia, SC
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The art of the Qur'an: Treasures from the Museum of Turkish and Islamic arts. Istanbul, Oct 15, 2016 - February twenty, 2017. [Exhibition catalogue].
Published past Washington: The Freer Gallery of Art and the Arthur Chiliad. Sackler Gallery / Smithsonian Institution, 2016., Washington: (2016)
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Book Description Soft cover. Status: New. FARHAD, MASSUMEH - SIMON RETTIG The art of the Qur'an: Treasures from the Museum of Turkish and Islamic arts. Istanbul, October fifteen, 2016 - February 20, 2017. [Exhibition catalogue]. Washington: The Freer Gallery of Fine art and the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery / Smithsonian Institution, 2016. 4to., 382 p., b/westward and color ills. Paperback. New ISBN: 9781588345783 Catalog: Turkish & Islamic arts KEYWORDS: Islamic art Koran Traditional arts Calligraphy Calligrapher Illumination Manuscripts Collection. Seller Inventory # 69537
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