The mediation of ornament / Oleg Grabar.
"In this richly illustrated book, Oleg Grabar shares a veteran art historian's love for the sheer sensuality of ornamentation. Grabar analyzes early and medieval Islamic objects and uses this art to show how ornament in general enables a direct, immediate encounter between viewers and art...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Princeton, N.J. :
Princeton University Press,
[1992]
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| Series: | A.W. Mellon lectures in the fine arts ;
1989. Bollingen series ; 35, 38. |
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| Online Access: | Table of contents |
| Summary: | "In this richly illustrated book, Oleg Grabar shares a veteran art historian's love for the sheer sensuality of ornamentation. Grabar analyzes early and medieval Islamic objects and uses this art to show how ornament in general enables a direct, immediate encounter between viewers and art objects from any culture and time period."--Publisher description. |
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| Physical Description: | xxv, 284 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 27 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-279) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0691040990 9780691040998 |