The Diez albums : contexts and contents / edited by Julia Gonnella, Friederike Weis, Christoph Rauch.

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Book
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English
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  • Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2017]
  • ©2017
Description
xvii, 672 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm.

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    The five Diez albums in Berlin, acquired by Heinrich Friedrich von Diez in Constantinople around 1789, contain more than 400 figurative paintings, drawings, fragments, and calligraphic works originating for the most part from Ilkhanid, Jalayirid, and Timurid workshops. Gonnella, Weis and Rauch unite in this volume 21 essays that analyse their relation to their "parent" albums at the Topkapi Palace or examine specific works by reflecting upon their role in the larger history of book art in Iran. Other essays cover aspects such as the European and Chinese influence on Persianate art, aspects related to material and social culture, and the Ottoman interest in Persianate albums. This book marks an important contribution to the understanding of the development of illustrative imagery in the Persianate world and its later perception.
    Notes
    Papers presented at the symposium, "The Diez Albums of the Berlin State Library: Current State of Research and New Perspectives", held at the Staatsbibliothek, June 2-5, 2013, complemented by some additional articles.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
    ISBN
    • 9789004321557 ((hardcover ; : alkaline paper))
    • 9004321551 ((hardcover ; : alkaline paper))
    LCCN
    2016036864
    OCLC
    951955783
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