Arts and Crafts of the Islamic Lands Principles Materials Practice

Name: Arts and Crafts of the Islamic Lands Principles Materials Practice
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ISBN: 9780500517024

ISBN-10: 0500517029

ISBN-13: 9780500517024

Edition: 2013

Authors: Khaled Azzam, Prince's School Staff

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Islamic arts and crafts do not belong to the past: artists and craftspeople in the Islamic tradition draw on their rich cultural heritage to inform and inspire their practice today. Created by The Prince’s School of Traditional Arts, one of the world’s leading schools for the study of Eastern and Western crafts, this book combines detailed information on techniques and materials with discussion of the philosophical and historical background of the cultures that have contributed to Islamic arts. The book covers a range of artworks and media from intricate geometric drawing, decorative Kufic calligraphy, and Persian miniature painting to ceramics, wood parquetry, mosaics, and glassblowing.…

Book details

List price: $60.00
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Thames & Hudson
Publication date: 9/23/2013
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 288
Size: 9.00" wide x 9.90" long x 1.30" tall
Weight: 3.432
Language: English

Khaled Azzam is Director of the Prince's School of Traditional Arts in London. The institute was founded in London in 2004 by HRH The Prince of Wales to develop the Visual Islamic and Traditional Arts Programme pioneered by Professor Keith Critchlow.