Author: T. G. Gawthorp Publisher: ISBN: 9781295953172 Category : Languages : en Pages : 128
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Author: Gülru Necipoğlu Publisher: Getty Publications ISBN: 0892363355 Category : Art Languages : en Pages : 414
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Since precious few architectural drawings and no theoretical treatises on architecture remain from the premodern Islamic world, the Timurid pattern scroll in the collection of the Topkapi Palace Museum Library is an exceedingly rich and valuable source of information. In the course of her in-depth analysis of this scroll dating from the late fifteenth or early sixteenth century, Gülru Necipoğlu throws new light on the conceptualization, recording, and transmission of architectural design in the Islamic world between the tenth and sixteenth centuries. Her text has particularly far-reaching implications for recent discussions on vision, subjectivity, and the semiotics of abstract representation. She also compares the Islamic understanding of geometry with that found in medieval Western art, making this book particularly valuable for all historians and critics of architecture. The scroll, with its 114 individual geometric patterns for wall surfaces and vaulting, is reproduced entirely in color in this elegant, large-format volume. An extensive catalogue includes illustrations showing the underlying geometries (in the form of incised “dead” drawings) from which the individual patterns are generated. An essay by Mohammad al-Asad discusses the geometry of the muqarnas and demonstrates by means of CAD drawings how one of the scroll’s patterns could be used co design a three-dimensional vault.
Author: T. G. Gawthorp Publisher: Forgotten Books ISBN: 9780282270865 Category : Languages : en Pages : 124
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Excerpt from A Manual of Practical Instruction in the Art of Brass Repousse for Amateurs Largely indulged in. Who has not read Homer's wonderful description of the shield made by Vulcan for the warrior Achilles when, after a long spell of inactivity, the latter was furious to avenge the death of his friend Patroclus ?1 It is very noticeable that Homer describes with realistic song the wonderful work that can be executed with the hammer in skilful hands, While at the same time he speaks with such knowledge of the art as not to omit the important process of annealing by fire and wind. No doubt in the early Chris tian times there were many such workmen Alexander the coppersmith), while many interesting relics may have been hidden away in the darksome recesses of the cata combs. As, too, the Church increased, and the Roman Catholic ritual was established, so the need or desire for. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author: Riva Castleman Publisher: ABRAMS ISBN: 9780810961814 Category : Languages : en Pages : 0
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Published to accompany the 1994 exhibition at The Museum of Modern Art, New York, this book constitutes the most extensive survey of modern illustrated books to be offered in many years. Work by artists from Pierre Bonnard to Barbara Kruger and writers from Guillaume Apollinarie to Susan Sontag. An importnt reference for collectors and connoisseurs. Includes notable works by Marc Chagall, Henri Matisse, and Pablo Picasso.
Author: T. G. Gawthorp
Author: T. G. Gawthorp
Author: T. G. Gawthorp
Author: Gawthrop
Author: Gülru Necipoğlu
Author: T. G. Gawthorp
Author: Thomas John Gawthorp
Author: J. Paul Getty Museum
Author: T. G. Gawthorp
Author: Riva Castleman