| ISBN |
0300175728 (hbk.) |
| 9780300175721 (hbk.) |
| Meeting Name |
Hamad bin Khalifa Symposium on Islamic Art and Culture (3rd : 2009 : Córdoba, Spain) |
| Title |
And diverse are their hues : color in Islamic art and culture / edited by Jonathan Bloom and Sheila Blair |
| Publisher |
New Haven, CT ; London : Yale University Press, 2011 |
| Physical desc. |
; ill. (chiefly col.) ; 30 cm. |
| Note |
Thirteen papers presented at the Third Biennial Hamad bin Khalifa International Symposium on Islamic Art and Culture held in Córdoba, Spain in 2009. |
| Published in association with the Qatar Foundation, Virginia Commonwealth University, and Virginia Commonwealth University School of the Arts in Qatar. |
| CBL illustrations: p. 16, plate 12 (Is 1434, fols. 1b-2a); p. [113], pl. 74 (Per 156, f. 9b); p. 122, pl. 76 (Per 163, f. 104b). |
| Bibliography etc. |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 361-377) and index. |
| Contents |
Foreword / Richard E. Toscan -- Introduction: color in Islamic art and culture / Jonathan Bloom and Sheila Blair -- 'Designs always polychromed or gilded': the aesthetics of color in the Alhambra / Olga Bush -- Red and yellow: colors and the quest for political legitimacy in the Islamic west / Maribel Fierro -- Color and the mystics: light, beauty, and the spiritual quest / Samir Mahmoud -- 'I guess that's why they call it the blues': depictions of Majnun in Persian illustrated manuscripts / Julie Scott Meisami -- Blue behind gold: the inscription of the Dome of the Rock and its relatives / Lawrence Nees -- Tiles of many hues: the development of Iranian cuerda seca tiles and the transfer of tilework technology / Bernard O'Kane -- The science of color: color analysis and the roles of economics, geography, and tradition in the artist's choice of colors for manuscript painting / Cheryl Porter -- Red rosettes: colors of power and piety in Rasulid Yemen / Noha Sadek -- 'Threads of every color': on mudéjar and cultural comparison in colonial Latin America / Michael Schreffler -- Why my name is red: an introductory inquiry / Marianna Shreve Simpson -- The hues of paradise: examining color design layout in the Persian garden / Manu P. Sobti and Mohammad Gharipour -- Color in carpets: some observations on color in carpets / Jon Thompson. |
| Language Note |
In English, with separate title page and table of contents in Arabic. |
| Meeting |
Biennial Hamad bin Khalifa Symposium on Islamic Art and Culture |
| Subject |
Chester Beatty Library -- Manuscript -- Is 1434 |
| Chester Beatty Library -- Manuscript -- Per 156 |
| Chester Beatty Library -- Manuscript -- Per 163 |
| Islamic art -- Congresses |
| Islamic arts -- Congresses |
| Islamic art and symbolism -- Congresses |
| Color in art -- Congresses |
| Islamic illumination of books and manuscripts -- Themes, motives |
| Added name(s) |
Bloom, Jonathan (Jonathan M.) ed. |
| Blair, Sheila ed. |
