Muqarnas, Volume 5: An Annual on Islamic Art and Architecture

Book info: Muqarnas, Volume 5: An Annual on Islamic Art and Architecture (Paperback, 176 pages) – Brill, 1988. Language: English.

Muqarnas: An Annual on the Visual Cultures of the Islamic World is sponsored by The Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture at Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts.In Muqarnas articles are published on all aspects of Islamic visual culture, historical and contemporary, as well as articles dealing with unpublished textual primary sources. Editorial Reviews Review 'The issues of this journal...serve as a reliable annual on Islamic and even non-Islamic research.'
Carolyn Kane, Journal of the American Oriental Society, 1994.
'...a great tool for many a researcher...In a variety of manners, questions every generation should ask, are set afresh in the light of new discoveries and techniques...'
Yolande Crowe, Bibliotheca Orientalis, 1994.
About the Author Oleg Grabar (November 3, 1929 – January 8, 2011) was Aga Khan Professor of Islamic Art and Architecture at Harvard University until his retirement and joined the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey. He published more then 30 books and countless articles on a range of subjects. Among his best-known works are: Formation of Islamic Art, Illustrations of the Maqamat, The Alhambra, Great Mosque of Isfahan, Mediation of Ornament, Mostly Miniatures, Shape of the Holy, Dome of the Rock, Penser l'art Islamique, and Masterpieces of Islamic Art: The Decorated Page from the 8th to the 17th century. Grabar received many honors during his lifetime, including the Charles Lang Freer Medal in 2001 and, in 2010, the Chairman's Award at the Aga Khan Award for Architecture ceremony in Doha. He was the founding editor of Muqarnas.