Title & Author:

Pattern and light : Aga Khan Museum / essays by Henry S. Kim [and five others].

Publication:

New York, NY : Skira Rizzoli ; Toronto, Ontario : Aga Khan Museum, [2014]
©2014

Description:

176 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm

Notes:
Issued also in French under title: Forme et lumière.
Includes index.
Foreword / His Highness the Aga Khan -- Wisdom begins with wonder : the Aga Khan Museum in context / Luis Monreal -- The museum. A journey across cultures and time: the Aga Khan Museum's vision / Henry S. Kim -- A conversation with Fumihiko Maki, Architect of the Aga Khan Museum / Philip Jodidio -- The Aga Khan Park : an urban oasis / D. Fairchild Ruggles -- The collector and the collection. Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan : a collector in an age of connoisseurship / Assadullah Souren Melikian-Chirvani -- Discovering art in the world of Islam / Assadullah Souren Melikian-Chirvani -- Highlights in the permanent collection / Ruba Kana'an -- Qur'ans -- Ceramics -- Science and learning -- Metalwork -- Painted manuscripts -- Luxury objects -- Calligraphy and illumination -- Architectural decoration.

Summary:

An introduction to 1,400 years of Islamic art and culture as seen through the stunning and diverse masterpieces of the new Aga Khan Museum. Opening in 2014 in Toronto, the Aga Khan Museum will be a showplace for Islamic art and culture unlike anything in the Western Hemisphere. This richly illustrated volume features the new museum and park complex and more than one hundred rare treasures from one of the most important collections of Islamic art and objects in the world, assembled by His Highness the Aga Khan and his family. Masterpieces of design, texture, and artistry created from 600 AD to the 1800s in Spain, North Africa, Turkey, the Middle East, Iran, Central Asia, India, and China, the works include radiant illuminations and calligraphy; marvels in ivory, wood, glass, and metal; and exquisite paintings, sculptures, ceramics, and textiles.

ISBN:

0847844293 (hardback)
9780847844296 (hardback)

Subject:

Aga Khan Museum (Toronto, Ont.)
Islamic art.
Art Ontario Toronto.
Art museums Ontario Toronto.
Art islamique.
Islamic architecture.
Islamic countries Civilization.
Art
Art museums
Ontario Toronto

Added entries:

Kim, Henry S., writer of supplementary textual content.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 301995
Call No.: BIB 248203
Status: Available