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Modern Islamic Art: Development and Continuity
Wijdan Ali
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Description for Modern Islamic Art: Development and Continuity
Hardback. Offering a historical survey of the development of modern painting in the Islamic world from the 19th century to the present. The author considers the historical, political, social, and economic factors that brought about artistic and aesthetic changes in the region. Num Pages: 224 pages, 132 b&w photographs, 32 colour photographs, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1QFM; 3JH; 3JJ; ACV; ACX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 273 x 211 x 25. Weight in Grams: 852.
Wijdan Ali offers a historical survey of the development of modern painting in the Islamic world from the 19th century to the present. She provides background on dominant artistic traditions before 1900 as well as an evaluation of the loss of traditional aesthetics under the impress of Western culture. Ali also explores the persistence and reemergence of calligraphic art as an expression of national artistic identity, and hers is the first book to consider in depth the modern calligraphic school.
Wijdan Ali offers a historical survey of the development of modern painting in the Islamic world from the 19th century to the present. She provides background on dominant artistic traditions before 1900 as well as an evaluation of the loss of traditional aesthetics under the impress of Western culture. Ali also explores the persistence and reemergence of calligraphic art as an expression of national artistic identity, and hers is the first book to consider in depth the modern calligraphic school.
Product Details
Publisher
University Press of Florida
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Condition
New
Weight
851g
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Florida, United States
ISBN
9780813015262
SKU
V9780813015262
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