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Book Review
Chess and Other Games Pieces from Islamic Lands (The al-Sabah Collection / Dar al-Athar al-Islamiyyah)
04/2021 | 1417 | 163
Pages: 372-373
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Reviewer:
Rosser-Owen, Mariam (Rosser-Owen, Mariam)
Subjects
museums and institutions:
al-Sabah Collection, Kuwait
subjects:
Chess / Islamic sculpture / Games
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Chess and Other Games Pieces from Islamic Lands (The al-Sabah Collection / Dar al-Athar al-Islamiyyah) By Deborah Freeman Fahid. 344 pp. incl. over 300 col. + b. & w. ills. (Thames and Hudson, London and New York, 2018),  45. ISBN 978–0–500–97091–1. | :
Illustrations
Non-western art unattributed:
1. Knight (faras) chess piece. Probably Nishapur, eastern Iran, 8th to 9th century. Alabaster, height 4.9 cm. (The al-Sabah Collection, Dar al-Athar al-Islamiyyah, Kuwait).
Non-western art unattributed:
2. King (shah) chess piece. Iraq or Khurasan, 9th to early 10th century. Rock crystal, height 6.8 cm. (The al-Sabah Collection, Dar al-Athar al-Islamiyyah, Kuwait).
Book Review
The Pisa Griffin and the Mari-Cha Lion: Metalwork, Art and Technology in the Medieval Islamicate Mediterranean
08/2020 | 1409 | 162
Pages: 713-715
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Reviewer:
Rosser-Owen, Mariam (Rosser-Owen, Mariam)
Subjects
places:
Pisa / Córdoba
styles:
Islamic sculpture
subjects:
Metalwork / Medieval art / Mediterranean / Technical analysis
Reviewed Items
subjects:
The Pisa Griffin and the Mari-Cha Lion: Metalwork, Art and Technology in the Medieval Islamicate Mediterranean Edited by Anna Contadini. 544 pp. incl. 300 col. + b. & w. ills. (Pacini Editore, Pisa, 2018), £90. ISBN 978–88–6995–306–4. | :
Illustrations
Western art unattributed:
2. Mari-Cha Lion. 1100–30. Bronze, height 73 cm. (Private collection; courtesy Museum of Islamic Art, Doha).
Western art unattributed:
3. Pisa Griffin. c.1100. Bronze, height 107 cm. (Museo dell’Opera del Duomo, Pisa; courtesy Museum of Islamic Art, Doha).
Article
New Islamic galleries
06/2013 | 1323 | 155
Pages: 396-401
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Reviewer:
Stanley, Tim (Stanley, Tim)
Subjects
artists:
Pei, I. M.
museums and institutions:
Musée du Louvre, Paris, France / Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, United States / Victoria and Albert Museum, London, Great Britain / Benaki Museum, Athens, Greece
museums and institutions:
Museum of Islamic Art, Doha, Qatar / The David Collection, Copenhagen, Denmark
subjects:
Collections, Public / Museums / Museum extensions / Displays / Art galleries / Islamic art / Islamic painting / Islamic sculpture / Islamic architecture
subjects:
Art museums / Ottoman
Illustrations
Attributed works:
47. The Museum of Islamic Art in Doha, Qatar, by I.M. Pei
Non-western art unattributed:
46. Display of Ottoman art at the David Collection, Copenhagen
Non-western art unattributed:
48. Eight medieval mosque lamps of enamelled and gilded glass on display at the Museum of Islamic Art, Doha
Non-western art unattributed:
49. The Moroccan Court at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Non-western art unattributed:
50. The new gallery for the Art of the Ottoman Court at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Non-western art unattributed:
51. Entrance chamber from a palatial residence. Egypt, Cairo (Musée du Louvre, Paris)
Non-western art unattributed:
52. The main basement gallery in the new Arts of Islam display at the Musée du Louvre, Paris
Western art unattributed:
45. Incense burner in the shape of a bird. Spain, perhaps Córdoba (David Collection, Copenhagen)
Article
An Islamic metalwork pomander in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
07/2011 | 1300 | 153
Pages: 444-446
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Author:
McClure, Stephanie (McClure, Stephanie)
Subjects
dates:
1100-1199
museums and institutions:
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, United States
print:
Islamic sculpture
subjects:
Collections, Public / Islamic sculpture / Islamic art / Islamic / Iranian / Persian / Metalwork / Brass
subjects:
Pomanders
Illustrations
Non-western art unattributed:
1. Pomander. Iran, Seljuk, twelfth century. Brass, cast, incised and pierced, 12.4 cm. high. (Metro­politan Museum of Art, New York).
Non-western art unattributed:
2. Side view of Fig.1.
Non-western art unattributed:
3. Detail of the rear view of Fig.1.
Non-western art unattributed:
4. Pomander. Probably Eastern Persia, twelfth or thirteenth century. Brass, cast, incised and pierced, 24.5 cm. high. (Private collection; courtesy of Sotheby’s Picture Library).
Non-western art unattributed:
5. Rear view of Fig.4.
Non-western art unattributed:
6. Incense burner. Iran, twelfth century. Bronze, 17.6 cm. high. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
Book Review
The Arts of Intimacy. Christians, Jews, and Muslims in the Making of Castilian Culture
06/2010 | 1287 | 152
Pages: 415-416
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Reviewer:
Walker, Rose (Walker, Rose)
Subjects
places:
Spain / Castilla-La Mancha (region)
print:
Castilian art
subjects:
Religious art / Christianity / Islamic architecture / Islamic painting / Islamic sculpture / Jewish / Literature / Medieval / Early Christian / Cultural history / Castilian / Muslim / Judaism / Islam
subjects:
Art history / Architectural history
Reviewed Items
subjects:
The Arts of Intimacy. Christians, Jews, and Muslims in the Making of Castilian Culture | author: Balbale, Abigail Krasner , author: Dodds, Jerrilynn D. , author: Menocal, María Rosa
Illustrations
Western art unattributed:
66. Stucco decoration on the entrance arch of the palace of al-Mamun, Toledo. Eleventh century.
Publication Received
The Arts of Islam. Treasures from the Nasser D. Khalili Collection
02/2009 | 1271 | 151
Pages: 112
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Reviewer:
Stanley, Tim (Stanley, Tim)
Subjects
collectors and dealers:
Khalili, Nasser D.
museums and institutions:
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia / Institut du Monde Arabe, Paris, France
places:
Sydney / Paris
places:
Abu Dhabi / United Arab Emirates
print:
Islamic art
private galleries:
Emirates Palace Hotel, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
subjects:
Islamic painting / Islamic sculpture / Catalogues / Exhibitions / Art / Muslim / Illuminated manuscripts / Collections, Private
subjects:
Koran
subjects:
Exhibition catalogues
Reviewed Items
subjects:
The Arts of Islam. Treasures from the Nasser D. Khalili Collection | author: Rogers, J. M.
Book Review
The Art and Architecture of Islam 1250-1800
02/1995 | 1103 | 137
Pages: 120-121
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Reviewer:
Contadini, Anna (Contadini, Anna)
Subjects
subjects:
Islamic architecture / Islamic painting / Islamic sculpture
Reviewed Items
subjects:
The Art and Architecture of Islam 1250-1800 | author: Blair, Sheila S. , author: Bloom, Jonathan M.
Book Review
The Art and Architecture of Islam: 650-1250
03/1988 | 1020 | 130
Pages: 231
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Reviewer:
Gray, Basil (Gray, Basil; G., B.; Gray, B.)
Subjects
subjects:
Islamic architecture / Islamic painting / Islamic sculpture
Reviewed Items
subjects:
The Art and Architecture of Islam: 650-1250 | author: Ettinghausen, Richard , author: Grabar, Oleg
Exhibition Review
Florence. The Sala Islamica at the Bargello
06/1982 | 951 | 124
Pages: 382+384-385
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Reviewer:
Elam, Caroline (Elam, Caroline; E., C.; E., C. M.)
Subjects
dates:
1980-1989
museums and institutions:
Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence, Italy
places:
Florence / Italy
subjects:
Islamic sculpture / Art museums / Displays
Illustrations
Non-western art unattributed:
70. Ceramic Tile. Kashan. Thirteenth to Fourteenth Century. Lustre, 31.5 by 26 cm. (Bargello, Florence).
Non-western art unattributed:
71. Helmet. South Persia. Second Half of Fifteenth Century. (Bargello, Florence).
Non-western art unattributed:
73. Spherical Incense-Burner. Syria. Fifteenth Century. Beaten Brass Inlaid with Gold and Silver, Height 14 cm. (Bargello, Florence).
Non-western art unattributed:
74. Vase. Persia. Late Fifteenth or Early Sixteenth Century. Cast Brass, Inlaid with Gold and Silver. (Bargello, Florence).
Western art unattributed:
72. Plaquette. South Italy or Sicily. Ivory. (Carrand Collection, Bargello, Florence).
Book Review
Islamic Art
09/1975 | 870 | 117
Pages: 611-613
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Reviewer:
Gray, Basil (Gray, Basil; G., B.; Gray, B.)
Subjects
places:
Iran / Neyshābūr
subjects:
Islamic / Ceramics
subjects:
Islamic architecture / Islamic sculpture
subjects:
Pottery
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Die Kunst des Islam. (Propylaen Kunstgeschichte); Nishapur: Pottery of the Early Islamic Period | author: Sourdel-Thomine, J. , author: Spuler, B. , author: Wilkinson, Charles K.
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