In Harmony: The Norma Jean Calderwood Collection of Islamic Art

Cambridge, Mass. Harvard Art Museums, 2013. Hardcover. Illus. paper boards, rust-orange stamped cloth half-size slipcase, 303 pp., many color illus. VG, Like New. Item #136222
ISBN: 9781891771620

Issued in conjunction with a 2013 exhibition. A major philanthropist from the Boston area, Norma Jean Calderwood assembled an extensive collection of Islamic art, ranging from austere and powerful epigraphic ceramics of the 9th and 10th centuries to the introspective realism of late 19th - century portraiture. This title represents every significant period and technique in Persian pottery. Supporting articles: Preface: A harmony of purposes / Mary McWilliams -- Feasts of Nishapur: cultural resonances of tenth-century ceramic production in Khurasan / Oya Pancaroglu -- History in pieces: conservation issues in Islamic ceramics / Anthony B. Sigel and Mary McWilliams -- Cobalt fingerprints in Islamic ceramics / Jessica Chloros and Katherine Eremin -- The Qajar lacquer object / David J. Roxburgh -- The illustrated Shahnama in sixteenth-century Shiraz / Marianna Shreve Simpson -- Technical observations on a Shahnama manuscript / Penley Knipe and Katherine Eremin -- Beyond books: the art and practice of the single-page drawing in Safavid Iran / David J. Roxburgh -- The Sati and the Yogi: Safavid and Mughal imperial self-representation in two album pages / Sunil Sharma -- Inspiration and innovation: footprints from afar in the Calderwood collection / Walter B. Denny.

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