{"product_id":"timurid-art-and-culture-iran-and-central-asia-in-the-fifteenth-century-paperback","title":"Timurid Art and Culture: Iran and Central Asia in the Fifteenth Century - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGolombek\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eMaria Subtelny\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe nineteen papers collected in this volume were delivered at a symposium held in Toronto, November 1989 in order to discuss the art and culture of Timurid times. The papers cover the last decades of the fourteenth century and the whole of the fifteenth, in an area of western Asia extending roughly from the Euphrates to the Hindu Kush and to the Altai.\u003cbr\u003eAmong the subjects covered were: 'Discourses of an Imaginary Arts Council in Fifteenth-Century Iran'; 'The Persian Court between Palace and Tent: From Timur to 'Abbas I'; 'Turkmen Princes and Religious Dignitaries: A Sketch in Group Profiles'; 'Craftsmen and Guild Life in Samarkand'; 'The \u003ci\u003eBaburnama\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eTarikh-i Rashidi\u003c\/i\u003e: Their Mutual Relationship'; 'Geometric Design in Timurid\/Turkmen Architectural Practice: Thoughts on a Recently Discovered Scroll and Its Late Gothic Parallels' and 'Repetition of Compositions in Manuscripts: The \u003ci\u003eKhamsa\u003c\/i\u003e of Nizami in Leningrad.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLisa Golombek\u003c\/b\u003e, Ph.D. (1968) \u003ci\u003eUniversity of Michigan\u003c\/i\u003e, is Curator Emeritus (\u003ci\u003eRoyal Ontario Museum\u003c\/i\u003e) and Professor Emeritus (\u003ci\u003eUniversity of Toronto\u003c\/i\u003e). Her publications on Islamic art range from architecture to portable objects and include \u003ci\u003eThe Timurid Architecture of Iran and Turan\u003c\/i\u003e (Princeton University Press 1988), \u003ci\u003eTamerlane's Tableware\u003c\/i\u003e (ROM press 1996) and \u003ci\u003ePersian Pottery in the First Global Age\u003c\/i\u003e (BRILL 2014)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMaria E. Subtelny\u003c\/b\u003e, PhD (1979) in Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, Harvard University, is Professor of Persian and Islamic Studies at the University of Toronto. She has published extensively on the Timurids and on medieval Iranian and Central Asian cultural history. Her book \u003ci\u003eLe monde est un jardin: Aspects de l'histoire culturelle de l'Iran médiéval\u003c\/i\u003e (Paris, 2002) received the Saidi-Sirjani Book Award. Recent publications are \u003ci\u003eTimurids in Transition: Turko-Persian Politics and Acculturation in Medieval Iran\u003c\/i\u003e (BRILL, 2007); \"Visionary Rose: Metaphorical Interpretation of Horticultural Practice in Medieval Persian Mysticism\" (2007) and \"The Traces of the Traces: Reflections of the Garden in the Persian Mystical Imagination\" (2008)\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 10.5 x 8.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 01, 1992\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47533521731837,"sku":"9789004259584","price":109.51,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/3414\/0157\/files\/7KxRM1FUK89789004259584.webp?v=1778716405","url":"https:\/\/booktolia.com\/products\/timurid-art-and-culture-iran-and-central-asia-in-the-fifteenth-century-paperback","provider":"booktolia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}