Research Catalog

Title

God is the light of the heavens and the earth : light in Islamic art and culture / edited by Jonathan Bloom and Sheila Blair.

Publication

New Haven : Yale University Press, in association with Qatar Foundation, Virginia Commonwealth University, and Virginia Commonwealth University School of the Arts in Qatar, [2015]

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Details

Additional Authors

• Bloom, Jonathan (Jonathan M.)
• Blair, Sheila

Description

xi, 357 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), map; 30 cm

Summary

The Qur'an makes rich references to light, tying it to revelation, and light consequently permeates the culture and visual arts of the Islamic lands. This book explores the integral role of light in Islamic civilization across a wide range of media, from the Qur'an and literature to buildings, paintings, performances, photography, and other works produced over the past 14 centuries. A team of international experts conveys current scholarship on Islamic art in a manner that is engaging and accessible to the general reader. The objects discussed include some of the first identifiable works of Islamic art-modest oil lamps inscribed in Arabic, which developed into elaborately decorated metal and glass lamps and chandeliers. Later, photography, which creates images with light, was readily adopted in Islamic lands, and it continues to provide inspiration for contemporary artists. Generously illustrated with specially commissioned, sumptuous color photographs, this book shows the potential of light to reveal color, form, and meaning.

Alternative Title

Light in Islamic art and culture

Subject

• Islamic arts
• Islamic civilization
• Light in art

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-346) and index.

Language (note)

• In English with additional title page, table of contents, and chapter titles in Arabic; with cited passages in Arabic with English translation.

Call Number

JQF 16-164

ISBN

• 9780300215281
• 0300215282

LCCN

2015939014

OCLC

933795265

Title

God is the light of the heavens and the earth : light in Islamic art and culture / edited by Jonathan Bloom and Sheila Blair.

Publisher

New Haven : Yale University Press, in association with Qatar Foundation, Virginia Commonwealth University, and Virginia Commonwealth University School of the Arts in Qatar, [2015]

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-346) and index.

Language

In English with additional title page, table of contents, and chapter titles in Arabic; with cited passages in Arabic with English translation.

Added Author

Bloom, Jonathan (Jonathan M.), editor.

Blair, Sheila, editor.

Research Call Number

JQF 16-164