Item #152109 Istanbul, Isfahan, Delhi: 3 Capitals of Islamic Art, Masterpieces from the Louvre Collection. Carol La Motte.
Istanbul, Isfahan, Delhi: 3 Capitals of Islamic Art, Masterpieces from the Louvre Collection
Istanbul, Isfahan, Delhi: 3 Capitals of Islamic Art, Masterpieces from the Louvre Collection
Istanbul, Isfahan, Delhi: 3 Capitals of Islamic Art, Masterpieces from the Louvre Collection
Istanbul, Isfahan, Delhi: 3 Capitals of Islamic Art, Masterpieces from the Louvre Collection
Istanbul, Isfahan, Delhi: 3 Capitals of Islamic Art, Masterpieces from the Louvre Collection

Istanbul, Isfahan, Delhi: 3 Capitals of Islamic Art, Masterpieces from the Louvre Collection

Istanbul: Sakip Sabanci Muzesi, 2008. Softcover. White card wraps with color illustration; black lettering on yellow spine. 338 pp. with 338 pp. with 169 color plates and several additional illustrations, numbered by chapter. Clean, bright, tight contents but with some general shelf wear and a partial price sticker on back cover. Item #152109
ISBN: 9789758362806

Text in English. Catalogue from the exhibition held at the Sakip Sabanci Museum of Sabanci University, Istanbul, from February to June 2008. Includes essays on Three Great Empires: Ottomans, Safavis, and Mughals; The Common Timurid Heritage of the Three Capitals of Islamic Arts; and sections on textile arts; metalwork, arms, and armor; Iznik ceramics and tiles; Safavid ceramics and tiles; and sculpture and inlay in Mughal India. With a chronology, list of authors, information about the prestigious Islamic collections of the Louvre and the Musee des Arts decoratifs, and much more. A beautiful catalogue with excellent annotations. "With the valuable contribution of Türk Telekom, approximately 220 masterpieces from the Louvre Museum’s Division of Islamic Art have been exhibited in Istanbul. The exhibition, consisting of treasures collected and preserved in one of the Louvre’s most important collections, the Division of Islamic Art, encompasses works from the Ottoman Empire (1299-1923), the Safavid State (1501-1722) founded in Iran at the beginning of the sixteenth century, and the Mughal Dynasty that ruled over India during the same period (1526-1858), was organized in cooperation with the Louvre Museum and with the participation of the Museum of Decorative Arts. This exhibition presented a reflection of the historical relationship among three mighty Empires, the Ottoman, the Safavid in Iran and the Mughal in India, in terms of its cultural aspects, emphasizing both the common and differing artistic attributes of their shared heritage of the Timurid culture that dominated the vast geography of Iran from 1396 to 1510." - from the Sakip Sabanci Museum web site.

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