Beiträge zur Islamischen Kunst und Archäologie

Glass in the Islamic World

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Glass unites opposites: malleable and solid, transparent and opaque, resilient and fragile. While vessel glass in the Islamic world has been well studied, flat glass – such as windows, mirrors, and mosaics – remained largely overlooked for a long time. …

Beiträge zur Islamischen Kunst und Archäologie

The Arts and Archaeology of Funerary Cultures in Islam

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The 10th volume of the Beiträge zur Islamischen Kunst und Archäologie offers an overview of the extent and complexity of funerary culture in Islamic contexts as attested by visual and material evidence, and the variety of methodological approaches and disciplinary …

Beiträge zur Islamischen Kunst und Archäologie

Jahrbuch der Ernst Herzfeld-Gesellschaft e.V. Vol. 9. Spaces and Frontiers of Islamic Art and Archaeology

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The concepts of frontier, boundary, and border, and consequently of spaces and regions they delimit, have left a persistent mark on the perception of geography, whether expounded in
premodern Muslim textual sources, or by modern geostrategists. The ten essays in this …

Von Allah bis Zypresse

Bildwörterbuch zur islamischen Ikonographie

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The alleged Mohammedan image ban is opposed by a diverse Islamic world of images, which knows religious and profane scenes as well as mythological and symbolic motifs. They are opened here for the first time systematically and for all art …

Divrigi

Unterwegs zur türkischen Mystik in Stein

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Since the medieval building complex consisting of the Friday mosque and the psychiatric hospital was declared “World Cultural Heritage Site” in 1986 the small provincial town of Divriği, hidden in the mountains of East Taurus, has become a popular destination …

Beiträge zur Islamischen Kunst und Archäologie

Jahrbuch der Ernst-Herzfeld-Gesellschaft e.V. Band 2

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The subjects of volume 2 of the „Beiträge zur Islamischen Kunst und Archäologie“ (BIKA, Contributions to Islamic Art History and Archaeology) include architecture, painting, textile arts, minor and applied arts as well as archaeology. Analyses of individual works and groups …

Der Orientteppich

Einblicke in Geschichte und Ästhetik

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This volume analyses for the first time the orient carpet by means of historical and aesthetical aspects. The author introduces five new issues on the orient carpet – which have been neglected so far – and provides an insight into …