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VARIORUM COLLECTED STUDIES SERIES ISLAMIC VISUAL CULTURE, 1100-1800 The Aga Khan Award for Architecture, award presentation ceremony (Marrakesh, 23-25 November 1986), ready to enlighten architects and decision-makers on the values of history (photo: Gary Otte) OleGgr abar IslVaimsiCucua llt ure, 1100-1800 ConstrtuhcSett iuondfgIy s laAmriVtco, l uImIe ASHGATE VARIORUM © Oleg Grabar 2006 All rights reserved. No part of chis publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise without the prior permission of the publisher. The author has asserted his moral right under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Ace, 1988, co be identified as the author of chis work. Published by Ashgace Publishing Limited Ashgace Publishing Company Gower House Suite 420 Croft Road, Aldershoc ror Cherry Street Hampshire GUn 3HR Burlington, VT 05401-4405 England USA Ashgace website: http/ /www.ashgace.com British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data Grabar, Oleg Islamic visual culture, noo-1800. -(Constructing the study of Islamic arc ; 2) (Varior um collected studies series) r. Arc, Islamic 2. Architecture, Islamic 3. Islamic antiquities I. Tide 709.1'767 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Grabar, Oleg Islamic visual culture, noo-1800 / Oleg Grabar. p. cm. -(Constructing the study ofislamic arc; vol. 2) (Variorum collected studies series; CS825) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-86078-922-5 (alk. paper) r. Arc, Islamic. I. Tide. II. Collected studies; CS825. N6260.G69r5 2006 709'.17'67-dc22 ISBN o 86078 922 5 Typeset by Manton Typesetters, Louch, Lincolnshire, UK and printed and bound in Great Britain by TJ Internacional Led, Padscow, Cornwall VARIORUM COLLECTED STUDIES SERIES CS825 Contents List ofI llustrations VII Preface XVII Acknowledgments XXIII Introduction XXV Part One: Objects I TwoP ieocfMe est alawtto hrUekn iveorfMs iicthyi gan 3 II Leasr mtisn eduelr 'sO rmiuesnutl amp aanrd tumi irl ieu duX IIsei ecle III Tradwei tthhE ea asnttd h Ien fluoefIn scleaA mroitnc th"eL uxAurrtiysn t" hW ee st 43 IV ThSeh arCeudl toufOr bej ects V Epigrafika Vostoka, AC ritRiecvaile w Part Two: Art of the Book VI AN ewDliys coIvlelruesdMt arnautseocdfrt ihpet Maqamat ofH ariri 93 VII Notoents h Iec onogorfta hp"ehD ye moShtathneam"e VIII ThIel lusMtaqramaatt oeftd h Teh irtCeeennttTuhhr ey : Bourgaenotdih sAeir et s IX PictourCr oemsm entTahrIeil elsu:s torfta htei ons Maqamat ofa l-Hariri V VI CONTENTS X About an Arabic Dioskorides Manuscript 207 XI Toward an Aesthetic of Persian Painting 213 XII About two Mughal Miniatures 253 XIII A Preliminary Note on two Eighteenth-century Representations of Mecca and Medina Part Three: Architecture and Culture XIV The Inscriptions of the Madrasa-Mausoleum of Qaytbay 2 71 XV Isfahan as a Mirror of Persian Architecture 277 XVI Reflections on Mamluk Art 305 XVII An Exhibition of High Ottoman Art 327 XVIII The Meanings of Sinan's Architecture 345 XIX The Many Gates of Ottoman Art 353 XX The Crusades and the Development of Islamic Art 363 Part Four: Islamic Art and the West XXI Islamic Architecture and the West: Influences and Parallels 381 XXII Patterns and Ways of Cultural Exchange 389 XXIII Europe and the Orient: An Ideologically Charged Exhibition 395 XXIV Classical Forms in Islamic Art and Some Implications 413 XXV Islamic Art and Architecture and the Antique 423 Index 443 List of Illustrations Part One: Objects I Two Pieces of Metalwork at the University of Michigan I The A bid basin 4 yyu 2 The A bid basin 5 yyu 3 The A bid basin 7 yyu 4a The A bid basin 8 yyu 46 The A bid basin 8 yyu 4c The A bid basin 8 yyu 4d The A bid basin 8 yyu A The A bid basin IO yyu 5 The Mamluk box 15 6 The Mamluk box 16 II Les arts mineurs de !'Orient musulman a partir du milieu du Xlle siecle 1 Cleveland. Museum of Art. Plat. (provenance: J. H. Wade Fund) 18 2 Cleveland. Museum of Art. Plat. Detail 19 3 Cleveland. Museum of Art. Plat. Detail 20 4 Cleveland. Museum of Art. Plat. Detail 21 5 Leningrad. Musee de l'Ermitage. Inscriptions 22 6 Leningrad. Musee de l'Ermitage. Chaudron 23 7 Washington. Freer Gallery of Art. Gourde. (Avec l' autorisation de "The Smithsonian Institution", Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC 20560) 24 8 New York. Metropolitan Museum of Art. Plat. (The Rogers Fund and Gift of the Schiff Foundation, 1957) 26 9 Washington. Freer Gallery of Art. Gobelet (Avec l' autorisation de "The Smithsonian Institution", Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC) 27 IO Washington. Freer Gallery of Art. Plat. (Avec l' autorisation de "The Smithsonian Institution", Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC) 28 VII VIII LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS II New York. Metropolitan Museum of Art. Plat. (Gift of Horace Havemeyer, 1941) 29 12 Washington. Freer Gallery of Art. Plat. (Avec l' autorisation de "The Smithsonian Institution", Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC) 30 13 Washington. Freer Gallery of Art. Ms. de Dioscoride, De Materia Medica (Avec l' autorisation de "The Smithsonian Institution", Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC) 31 14 Paris. Bibliotheque Nationale. Ms. Maqamat de Hariri. Arabe 3929, fol. 26 (Cliche Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris) 32 15 Paris. Bibliotheque Nationale. Ms. Maqamat de Hariri. Arabe 5847, fol. 138 (Cliche Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris) 33 16 Paris. Bibliotheque Nationale. Ms. Maqamat de Hariri. Arabe 5847, fol. 33. (Cliche Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris) 36 Part Two: Art of the Book VI A Newly Discovered Illustrated Manuscript of the Maqamat of Hariri 1 Maqamat of Hariri, Suleymaniye library, Esad Efendi 2916, fol. 14v 96 2 Maqamat of Hariri, Suleymaniye library, Esad Efendi 2916, fol. 18 97 3 Maqamat of Hariri, Suleymaniye library, Esad Efendi 2916, fol. 27v 98 4 Maqamat of Hariri, Suleymaniye library, Esad Efendi 2916, fol. 34 99 5 Maqamat of Hariri, Suleymaniye library, Esad Efendi 2916, fol. 41 IOO 6 Maqamat of Hariri, Suleymaniye library, Esad Efendi 2916, fol. 44 IOI 7 Maqamat of Hariri, Suleymaniye library, Esad Efendi 2916, fol. 47 104 8 Maqamat of Hariri, Suleymaniye library, Esad Efendi 2916, fol. 48v 105 9 Maqamat of Hariri, Suleymaniye library, Esad Efendi 2916, fol. 55v 106 ro Maqamat of Hariri, Suleymaniye library, Esad Efendi 2916, fol. 64 107 II Maqamat of Hariri, Suleymaniye library, Esad Efendi 2916, �-� I� 12 Maqamat of Hariri, Suleymaniye library, Esad Efendi 2916, fol. 70 109 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS IX 13 Maqamat of Hariri, Si.ileymaniye library, Esad Efendi 2916, fol. 73V 112 14 Maqamat of Hariri, Si.ileymaniye library, Esad Efendi 2916, fol. 77 113 15 Maqamat of Hariri, Si.ileymaniye library, Esad Efendi 2916, fol. 82v 114 16 Maqamat of Hariri, Si.ileymaniye library, Esad Efendi 2916, fol. 89 115 17 Maqamat of Hariri, Si.ileymaniye library, Esad Efendi 2916, fol. 92 116 18 Maqamat of Hariri, Si.ileymaniye library, Esad Efendi 2916, fol. 96v 117 19 Maqamat of Hariri, Si.ileymaniye library, Esad Efendi 2916, fol. 98 120 20 Maqamat of Hariri, Si.ileymaniye library, Esad Efendi 2916, fol. 104 121 21 Maqamat of Hariri, Si.ileymaniye library, Esad Efendi 2916, fol. 110 122 22 Maqamat of Hariri, Si.ileymaniye library, Esad Efendi 2916, fol. 117v 123 23 Maqamat of Hariri, Si.ileymaniye library, Esad Efendi 2916, fol. 131v 124 24 Maqamat of Hariri, Si.ileymaniye library, Esad Efendi 2916, fol. 134 125 25 Maqamat of Hariri, Si.ileymaniye library, Esad Efendi 2916, fol. 136v 128 26 Maqamat of Hariri, Si.ileymaniye library, Esad Efendi 2916, fol. 138v 129 27 Maqamat of Hariri, Si.ileymaniye library, Esad Efendi 2916, fol. 141 130 28 Maqamat of Hariri, Si.ileymaniye library, Esad Efendi 2916, fol. 150v 131 29 Maqamat of Hariri, Si.ileymaniye library, Esad Efendi 2916, fol. 153 132 30 Maqamat of Hariri, Si.ileymaniye library, Esad Efendi 2916, fol. 154v 133 31 Maqamat of Hariri, Si.ileymaniye library, Esad Efendi 2916, fol. 167V 136 32 Maqamat of Hariri, Si.ileymaniye library, Esad Efendi 2916, fol. 171v 137 33 Maqamat of Hariri, Si.ileymaniye library, Esad Efendi 2916, fol. 176 138 34 Maqamat of Hariri, Si.ileymaniye library, Esad Efendi 2916, fol. 177v 139 X LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 35 Maqamat of Hariri, Si.ileymaniye library, Esad Efendi 2916, fol. 180 140 36 Maqamat of Hariri, Si.ileymaniye library, Esad Efendi 2916, fol. 184v 141 37 Maqamat of Hariri, Si.ileymaniye library, Esad Efendi 2916, fol. 188v 144 38 Maqamat of Hariri, Si.ileymaniye library, Esad Efendi 2916, fol. 192 145 39 Maqamat of Hariri, Si.ileymaniye library, Esad Efendi 2916, fol. 198 146 40 Maqamat of Hariri, Si.ileymaniye library, Esad Efendi 2916, fol. 204 147 41 Maqamat of Hariri, Si.ileymaniye library, Esad Efendi 2916, fol. 207v 148 42 Maqamat of Hariri, Si.ileymaniye library, Esad Efendi 2916, fol. 2IIV 149 VII Notes on the Iconography of the "Demotte" Shahname 1 Battle between Ardawan and Ardashir. Institute of Art, Detroit 155 2 Execution of Ardawan 156 3 The coffin of lraj brought to Faridun 158 4 Faridun holding !raj's head 160 5 Funeral of Isfandiyar 161 6 Funeral of Rustam. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 162 7 The Bier of Alexander. Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC 163 VIII The Illustrated Maqamat of the Thirteenth Century: The Bourgeoisie and the Arts 1 Abu Zayd departing. Paris, arabe 5847 2 House. Istanbul manuscript 3 Mosque. Istanbul manuscript 4 Khan. Paris, arabe 5847 5 Village. Paris, arabe 5847 6 Palace. Paris, arabe 5847 7 Arab types with qadi. Paris, arabe 5847 8 Woman. Paris, arabe 3929 IX Pictures or Commentaries: The Illustrations of the Maqamat of al-Hariri 1 Paris arabe 5847, fol. 101; thirty-second maqama 188 2 Paris arabe 5847, fol. roov; thirty-second maqama 190

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