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Inside / Outside Islamic Art and Architecture: A Cartography of Boundaries in and of the Field Saygin Salgirli
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Inside / Outside Islamic Art and Architecture: A Cartography of Boundaries in and of the Field
Saygin Salgirli
When we walk into a gallery, we have a fairly good idea where the building begins and ends; and inside, while observing a painting, we are equally confident in distinguishing between the painting-proper and its frame and borders. Yet, things are often more complicated. A building defines an exterior space just as much as an interior, and what we perceive to be ornamental and marginal to a given painting may in fact be central to what it represents. In this volume, a simple question is presented: instead of dichotomous separations between inside and outside, or exterior and interior, what other relationships can we think of?
The first book of its kind to grapple with this question, Inside/Outside Islamic Art and Architecture focuses on a wide spectrum of mediums and topics, including painted manuscripts, objects, architectural decoration, architecture and urban planning, and photography. Bringing together scholars with diverse methodologies-who work on a geographical span stretching from India to Spain and Nigeria, and across a temporal spectrum from the thirteenth to the twenty-first century-this original book also poses engaging questions about the boundaries of the field.
256 pages, 10 color and 89 bw illus; 10 color and 89 bw illus
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | June 27, 2024 |
| ISBN13 | 9781350248786 |
| Publishers | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Pages | 256 |
| Dimensions | 156 × 232 × 18 mm · 460 g |
| Language | English |
| Editor | Salgirli, Saygin (University of British Columbia, Canada) |
