Auction catalogue, books of George Aitchison ... [et al.], 16 to 18 January 1911
Title | Auction catalogue, books of George Aitchison ... [et al.], 16 to 18 January 1911 PDF eBook |
Author | Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge (London). |
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Release | 1911 |
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Auction catalogue, books of Montagu ... [et al.], 18 to 19 July 1911
Title | Auction catalogue, books of Montagu ... [et al.], 18 to 19 July 1911 PDF eBook |
Author | Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge (London). |
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Release | 1911 |
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Auction catalogue, books of J. Comrie ... [et al.], 15 to 16 June 1911
Title | Auction catalogue, books of J. Comrie ... [et al.], 15 to 16 June 1911 PDF eBook |
Author | Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge (London). |
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Release | 1911 |
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The Topkapi Scroll
Title | The Topkapi Scroll PDF eBook |
Author | Gülru Necipoğlu |
Publisher | Getty Publications |
Pages | 414 |
Release | 1996-03-01 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN | 0892363355 |
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.
Auction catalogue, books of George B. Baker ... [et al.], 30 January 1923
Title | Auction catalogue, books of George B. Baker ... [et al.], 30 January 1923 PDF eBook |
Author | American Art Association (New York). |
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Release | 1923 |
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Auction catalogue, books of John Boyd ... [et al.], 16 to 18 July 1923
Title | Auction catalogue, books of John Boyd ... [et al.], 16 to 18 July 1923 PDF eBook |
Author | Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge (London). |
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Release | 1923 |
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The Luso-Hispanic World in Maps
Title | The Luso-Hispanic World in Maps PDF eBook |
Author | Library of Congress |
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Pages | 368 |
Release | 1999 |
Genre | Caribbean Area |
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