Glass from Islamic Lands: The al-Sabah Collection - Hardcover

Carboni, Stefano

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0500976066 ISBN 13: 9780500976067

Publisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd, 2001

Synopsis

The geographical and chronological range of the glass holdings of the Dar al-Athar al-Islamiyyah is so comprehensive that it allows a detailed study of this neglected medium in the field of Islamic art. With few exceptions, the collection of over 500 complete or nearly complete objects - the great majority published here for the first time - and a representative selection of fragments are studied and illustrated in the present volume, about 250 of which deserve closer attention and are examined in extensive entries; the remainder is fully described without discussion. This work is therefore a useful reference tool as a descriptive catalogue, in addition to providing a better understanding of Islamic glass in general - both in the framework of the Islamic artistic vocabulary and of glass production worldwide.

About this title

About the Author:

Stefano Carboni is Associate Curator in the Department of Islamic Art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. He has published extensively on various aspects of Islamic art.

About this edition

• Publisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0500976066
• ISBN 13: 9780500976067
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 416