Cosmophilia : Islamic art from the David Collection, Copenhagen / Sheila S. Blair and Jonathan M. Bloom ; with essays by Kjeld von Folsach, Nancy Netzer and Claude Cernuschi
| Author(s): | Blair, Sheila |
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| Subjects: | Islamic art--Exhibitions C. L. Davids fond og samling--Exhibitions |
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| Material Type: | Books |
| Language: | English |
| Audience: | Unspecified |
| Published: | Chestnut Hill, MA : McMullen Museum of Art, c2006 |
| LC Classification: | N |
| Table of Contents: | Ornament and Islamic art / Sheila S. Blair, Jonathan M. Bloom 9 The David collection : the museum's history, character, adn various reflections on the reinstallation of the Islamic collection / Kjeld von Folsach 31 Insular and Islamic cosmophilic responses to the classical past / Nancy Netzer 39 Adolf Loos, Alois Riegl, and the debate on ornament in fin-de-siecle Vienna / Claude Cernuschi 45 Works in the exhibition Figures 57 Writing 83 Geometry 107 Vegetation and the arabesque 135 Hybrids 179 |
| Additional Authors: | Bloom, Jonathan (Jonathan M.) Folsach, Kjeld von Netzer, Nancy Cernuschi, Claude, 1961- C. L. Davids fond og samling McMullen Museum of Art |
| Notes: | LCCN: 2006927271 ISBN: 1892850117 ISBN: 9781892850119 Issued in conjunction with the exhibition of the same name held at the McMullen Museum of Art, Boston College, Sept. 1-Dec. 31, 2006, and at the Alfred and David Smart Museum of Art, University of Chicago, Feb. 1-May 20, 2007 Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-215) |
| Physical Description: | 216 p. : col. ill. ; 23 x 31 cm |
| OCLC Number: | 71302618 |
| ISBN/ISSN: | 1892850117 9781892850119 |