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Arts and crafts of the Islamic lands: principles, materials, practice

Arts and crafts of the Islamic lands: principles, materials, practice
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ISBN 0500517029 (hbk.)
9780500517024 (hbk.)
Title Arts and crafts of the Islamic lands : principles, materials, practice / edited by Khaled Azzam
Publisher London : Thames & Hudson, 2013
Physical desc. 288 p. ; ill. (chiefly col.) ; 26 cm.
Note At head of title: "Prince's School of Traditional Arts".
CBL illustrations: p. 145, left (Is 1431).
Bibliography etc. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Pt. 1: Principles. Geometry: Introduction to geometry / Keith Critchlow -- Order in nature / Paul Marchant -- Proportion / Paul Marchant -- Shapes, grids and patterns / Paul Marchant and Jonathan Horning -- Islimi. Introduction to islimi / Adam Williamson -- Calligraphy. Introduction to Arabic calligraphy / Nassar Mansour -- Pt. 2: Materials and preparation. Traditional pigments / David Cranswick -- Gesso panels / Adam Williamson -- Gilding / Mark Mills -- Brush and wasli paper for Mughal and Persian miniature painting / Fatima Zahra Hassan -- Pt. 3: Methods and techniques. Kufic calligraphy / Nassar Mansour -- Plaster carving / Mamdouh Sakr -- Mughal and Persian miniature painting / Fatima Zahra Hassan -- Parquetry / Tom Bree -- Ceramic plates / Simon Trethewey -- Ceramic tiles / Jonathan Horning -- Mosaic / David Feuerstein -- Glassmaking / Martin Birk Moller.
Subject Chester Beatty Library -- Manuscript -- Is 1431
Islamic art -- Themes, motives
Islamic art -- Technique
Islamic calligraphy -- Technique
Painting, Iranian -- Technique
Added name(s) Azzam, Khaled ed.
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