Muqarnas, Volume 8: K. A. C. Creswell and His Legacy (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9789004259287)

Vendor: Oleg Grabar
Product type: Books
Format: Paperback
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Muqarnas, Volume 8: K. A. C. Creswell and His Legacy

$67.00

Muqarnas, Volume 8: K. A. C. Creswell and His Legacy

$67.00
Format: Paperback
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Muqarnas: An Annual on the Visual Cultures of the Islamic World is sponsored by The Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture at Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts.

In Muqarnas articles are published on all aspects of Islamic visual culture, historical and contemporary, as well as articles dealing with unpublished textual primary sources.


Author: Oleg Grabar
ISBN-10: 9004259287
ISBN-13: 9789004259287
Publisher: Brill
Language: English
Published: 09/01/1991
Pages: 138
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 10.50h x 8.20w x 0.30d
By Oleg Grabar
By Oleg Grabar
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Oleg Grabar (November 3, 1929 - January 8, 2011) was Aga Khan Professor of Islamic Art and Architecture at Harvard University until his retirement and joined the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey. He published more then 30 books and countless articles on a range of subjects. Among his best-known works are: Formation of Islamic Art, Illustrations of the Maqamat, The Alhambra, Great Mosque of Isfahan, Mediation of Ornament, Mostly Miniatures, Shape of the Holy, Dome of the Rock, Penser l'art Islamique, and Masterpieces of Islamic Art: The Decorated Page from the 8th to the 17th century. Grabar received many honors during his lifetime, including the Charles Lang Freer Medal in 2001 and, in 2010, the Chairman's Award at the Aga Khan Award for Architecture ceremony in Doha. He was the founding editor of Muqarnas.

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