TY  - BOOK
AU  - Biennial Hamad bin Khalifa Symposium on Islamic Art and Culture 8 2019 Dawḥah, Qatar
ED  - Dalal, Radha
ED  - Roberts, Sean
ED  - Sokoly, Jochen
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021//
TI  - seas and the mobility of Islamic art
CY  - New Haven
KW  - Islamic art
KW  - Art and society
KW  - Islamic civilization
KW  - Ocean and civilization
KW  - Conference papers and proceedings
AB  - "The seas have long served as both connective tissue for and barriers between intellectual, social, and artistic traditions. Nowhere is this dual role more evident than within the visual and material cultures of the Islamic world. This remarkable new book brings together an international group of scholars and curators whose contributions address seafaring mobility's profound effect on Islamic art. Their case studies range across the globe and span a period from Islam's 1st century to today. Contributors examine the roles of importation and migration, travel, diplomacy, and gift giving in driving artistic innovation and changing the social, political, and religious institutions of an increasingly diverse Islamic world. Taken together, these chapters embody a distinctive holistic approach, pulling an exceptional diversity of voices and topics into productive dialogue"--
SN  - 9780300256888
LA  - English
N1  - edited by Radha Dalal, Sean Roberts, and Jochen Sokoly
ID  - 1767213972
ER  -