The Resource The making of the artist in late Timurid painting, Lamia Balafrej
The making of the artist in late Timurid painting, Lamia Balafrej
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The item The making of the artist in late Timurid painting, Lamia Balafrej represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Colby College Libraries.
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- Summary
- "In the absence of a tradition of self-portraiture, how could artists signal their presence within a painting? Centred on late Timurid manuscript painting (ca. 1470-1500), this book reveals that pictures could function as the painter's delegate, charged with the task of centring and defining artistic work, even as they did not represent the artist's likeness. Influenced by the culture of the majlis, an institutional gathering devoted to intricate literary performances and debates, late Timurid painters used a number of strategies to shift manuscript painting from an illustrative device to a self-reflective object, designed to highlight the artist's imagination and manual dexterity. These strategies include visual abundance, linear precision, the incorporation of inscriptions addressing aspects of the painting and the artist's signature. Focusing on one of the most iconic manuscripts of the Persianate tradition, the Cairo Bustan, made in late Timurid Herat and bearing the signatures of the painter Bihzad, this book argues that Bihzad's paintings defined authorship as making: at once an imaginative process and a manual endeavour"--Jacket
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xiii, 260 pages
- Note
- Revision of author's doctoral thesis
- Isbn
- 9781474437431
- Label
- The making of the artist in late Timurid painting
- Title
- The making of the artist in late Timurid painting
- Statement of responsibility
- Lamia Balafrej
- Subject
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- Bihzād, active 16th century
- History
- Islamic illumination of books and manuscripts
- Islamic illumination of books and manuscripts
- Islamic illumination of books and manuscripts
- Timurids
- Timurids -- History
- Timurids -- History
- Art, Middle Eastern
- Art, Middle Eastern
- Art, Middle Eastern
- Bihzād, active 16th century
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "In the absence of a tradition of self-portraiture, how could artists signal their presence within a painting? Centred on late Timurid manuscript painting (ca. 1470-1500), this book reveals that pictures could function as the painter's delegate, charged with the task of centring and defining artistic work, even as they did not represent the artist's likeness. Influenced by the culture of the majlis, an institutional gathering devoted to intricate literary performances and debates, late Timurid painters used a number of strategies to shift manuscript painting from an illustrative device to a self-reflective object, designed to highlight the artist's imagination and manual dexterity. These strategies include visual abundance, linear precision, the incorporation of inscriptions addressing aspects of the painting and the artist's signature. Focusing on one of the most iconic manuscripts of the Persianate tradition, the Cairo Bustan, made in late Timurid Herat and bearing the signatures of the painter Bihzad, this book argues that Bihzad's paintings defined authorship as making: at once an imaginative process and a manual endeavour"--Jacket
- Cataloging source
- YDX
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1984-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Balafrej, Lamia
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- Series statement
- Edinburgh studies in Islamic art
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Bihzād
- Islamic illumination of books and manuscripts
- Art, Middle Eastern
- Timurids
- Art, Middle Eastern
- Islamic illumination of books and manuscripts
- Timurids
- Label
- The making of the artist in late Timurid painting, Lamia Balafrej
- Note
- Revision of author's doctoral thesis
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 228-247) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
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- text
- still image
- Content type code
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- txt
- sti
- Content type MARC source
-
- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 1039932134
- Dimensions
- 26 cm
- Extent
- xiii, 260 pages
- Isbn
- 9781474437431
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- color illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1039932134
- Label
- The making of the artist in late Timurid painting, Lamia Balafrej
- Note
- Revision of author's doctoral thesis
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 228-247) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
-
- text
- still image
- Content type code
-
- txt
- sti
- Content type MARC source
-
- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 1039932134
- Dimensions
- 26 cm
- Extent
- xiii, 260 pages
- Isbn
- 9781474437431
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- color illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1039932134
Subject
- Bihzād, active 16th century
- History
- Islamic illumination of books and manuscripts
- Islamic illumination of books and manuscripts
- Islamic illumination of books and manuscripts
- Timurids
- Timurids -- History
- Timurids -- History
- Art, Middle Eastern
- Art, Middle Eastern
- Art, Middle Eastern
- Bihzād, active 16th century
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