Beiträge zur Islamischen Kunst und Archäologie

Jahrbuch der Ernst Herzfeld-Gesellschaft e.V. Vol. 6, Encompassing the Sacred in Islamic Art

Edited by Lorenz Korn Edited by Cigdem Ivren Edited by

Book cover: Beiträge zur Islamischen Kunst und Archäologie

Extent: 176 pages

Publisher: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag

Subjects: Art & Art History, Islamic & Middle Eastern Studies

Series: Beiträge zur islamischen Kunst und Archäologie

Series volume number: 6.0

Language: English

(Hardback) (Published)

(June 2020)

ISBN: 9783954904488

Price: $119.00

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(PDF) (Published)

(September 2020)

ISBN: 9783954906789

Price: $99.00

To what extent has Islam as a religion shaped the art and material culture of the Middle East and North Africa? How is Islamic religion, in turn, informed by art and material culture? Under the title “Encompassing the Sacred”, papers at the 11th Colloquium of the Ernst Herzfeld Society have carefully examined these questions, with a focus on sanctity and the sacred, through examples of Qur’an manuscripts, calligraphic writing, royal iconography, religious locations and buildings. Nine case studies gathered in this volume range from shrines and banners in early Islam until ongoing debates about the use and the conservation of religious buildings.

  • Edited by Lorenz Korn
  • Edited by Cigdem Ivren
  • Edited by