ABBASID LUSTERWARE AND THE AESTHETICS OF ʿAJAB

Scholarship on the luster-painted ceramics produced in Iraq during the high Abbasid Period (ninth and tenth centuries) has traditionally emphasized the stylistic differences among the assemblage most perceptible to art historians today, such as the use of figural versus non-figural imagery, pointing...

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Main Author: SABA, MATTHEW D. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2012
In: Muqarnas
Year: 2012, Volume: 29, Issue: 1, Pages: 187-212
Further subjects:B aesthetic perception lusterware ‘ajab style Abbasid Period Iraq ceramics
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