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Writing As Intermediary

Text-Image Relations in Early Modern Islamic Cultures

Lorenz Korn, Berenike Metzler (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover
348 Seiten
2022
University of Bamberg Press (Verlag)
978-3-86309-862-9 (ISBN)

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For the cultural history of the Islamic World, writing has long been recognized as a highly important form of art, as calligraphy has traditionally held a particular place in the perception of Islamic elites and their artistic practices. The culture of calligraphy was intimately connected with the production of prestigious book manuscripts, but reached a climax in the creation of single-leaf calligraphies that were also highly appreciated by collectors in centres of Islamic culture from the Ottoman Mediterranean to post-Timurid Central Asia, Safavid Iran and Mughal India. At the same time, writing by its very nature fulfilled its age-old functions of encoding verbal language as text.
The present volume approaches the variegated aspects of writing, fathoming its ambiguous character between text and image. It contains ten contributions that originated from a conference held at the University of Bamberg in 2019. These studies range from text-image relations in precious manuscripts through the use of Chinese decorated paper for artistic book production, the training of calligraphers and the process of design, to the iconic character of writing in the layout of books, single-leaf works of calligraphy, iconic writing in contemporary art, to more theoretical considerations on aesthetic perception.
Erscheinungsdatum
Reihe/Serie Bamberger Orientstudien ; 16
Zusatzinfo Ill., graph. Darst.
Sprache englisch
Maße 170 x 240 mm
Gewicht 840 g
Themenwelt Kunst / Musik / Theater Malerei / Plastik
Sozialwissenschaften Kommunikation / Medien Buchhandel / Bibliothekswesen
Schlagworte Bild • Geschichte • Handschrift • Islam • Text
ISBN-10 3-86309-862-5 / 3863098625
ISBN-13 978-3-86309-862-9 / 9783863098629
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