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COLOUR, LIGHT and WONDER in ISLAMIC ART / Idries Trevathan

By: Publisher: London : Saqi Books, 2024Copyright date: ©2024Description: viii, 248 pages, 20 unnumbered pages of plates : colour photographs ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780863560606
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 23 704.94897
Summary: The experience of colour in Islamic visual culture has historically been overlooked. In this new approach, Idries Trevathan examines the language of colour in Islamic art and architecture in dialogue with its aesthetic contexts, offering insights into the pre-modern Muslim experience of interpreting colour.
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Includes index.

Bibliography: pages 220-240.

The experience of colour in Islamic visual culture has historically been overlooked. In this new approach, Idries Trevathan examines the language of colour in Islamic art and architecture in dialogue with its aesthetic contexts, offering insights into the pre-modern Muslim experience of interpreting colour.

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