Main entry:

Biennial Hamad bin Khalifa Symposium on Islamic Art and Culture. author (5th : 2013 : Palermo, Italy)

Title & Author:

God is the light of the heavens and the earth : light in Islamic art and culture / edited by Jonathan Bloom and Sheila Blair.

Publication:

New Haven : Yale University Press, in association with Qatar Foundation, Virginia Commonwealth University, and Virginia Commonwealth University School of the Arts in Qatar, 2015.
©2015

Description:

xi, 357 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 30 cm

Notes:
"This volume, the latest in a series based on the Hamad bin Khalifa Biennial Symposia on Islamic Art and Culture, presents written versions of the lectures delivered in Palermo, Sicily, from 9-11 November 2013"--Page 3.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-346) and index.
Foreword / Joseph H. Seipel -- Introduction : light in Islamic art and culture / Jonathan Bloom and Sheila Blair -- My art and light / Shirin Neshat -- Light in the Qur'an and early Islamic exegesis / William A. Graham -- Light and dark : the "checkered history" of early optics / Elaheh Kheirandish -- The uses of light in Islamic architecture / Robert Hillenbrand -- Facets of light : the case of rock crystals / Anna Contadini -- Pottery and light / Oliver Watson -- Light in Persian poetry / Wheeler M. Thackston -- The management of light in Persian painting / Barbara Brend -- The delight and amiability of light in Mamluk architecture / Abdallah Kahil -- By the light of the sun of Jahangir / Susan Stronge -- Illuminating Ottoman ceremonial / Hakan Karateke -- The power of "light-drawing" : on the uses of photography in Qajar Iran / Ali Behdad.
In English with some Arabic.

Summary:

The Qur'an makes rich references to light, tying it to revelation, and light consequently permeates the culture and visual arts of the Islamic lands. This book explores the integral role of light in Islamic civilization across a wide range of media, from the Qur'an and literature to buildings, paintings, performances, photography, and other works produced over the past 14 centuries. A team of international experts conveys current scholarship on Islamic art in a manner that is engaging and accessible to the general reader. The objects discussed include some of the first identifiable works of Islamic art-modest oil lamps inscribed in Arabic, which developed into elaborately decorated metal and glass lamps and chandeliers. Later, photography, which creates images with light, was readily adopted in Islamic lands, and it continues to provide inspiration for contemporary artists. Generously illustrated with specially commissioned, sumptuous color photographs, this book shows the potential of light to reveal color, form, and meaning.

ISBN:

9780300215281
0300215282

Subject:

Islamic art Congresses.
Islamic arts Congresses.
Islamic civilization Congresses.
Light in art Congresses.
Art islamique Congrès.
Arts islamiques Congrès.
Lumière dans l'art Congrès.
Islamic arts.
Islamic civilization.
Light in art.
Islamic art.
Conference papers and proceedings.
Islamisk konst.
Ljus i konsten.
Islamiska länder.

Form/genre:

Congress
Conference publications.
Conference papers (document genres)
Conference papers and proceedings
Actes de congrès.

Added entries:

Bloom, Jonathan (Jonathan M.), editor.
Blair, Sheila, editor.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 291433
Call No.: BIB 235065
Status: Available