Gifts of the Sultan: the arts of giving at the Islamic courts
Arts of giving at the Islamic courts
Linda Komaroff.
- 1st ed.
- [Los Angeles] : New Haven [Conn.] : Los Angeles County Museum of Art ; Yale University Press, 2011.
- 335 p. : col. ill. ; 32 cm.
Catalog published in conjunction with an exhibition held at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, June 5-Sept. 5, 2011 and at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Oct. 23, 2011-Jan. 15, 2012.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The art of the art of giving at the Islamic courts / Gift giving in the Iranian tradition / On giving to shrines: generosity is a quality of the people of paradis / The enduring present: gifts in medieval Islam and Byzantium / Fatimid gifts / Gift exchange between Iran, Central Asia and China under the Ming Dynasty, 1368-1644 / Gifts for the Shah: an episode in Hapsburg-Safavid relations during the reigns of Philip III and Abbas I / Ottoman gift exchange: royal give and take / Imperial gifts at the court of Hindustan / Graphic documentation of gift exchanges between the Russian court and its islamic counterparts, seventeenth to the nineteenth century / Linda Komaroff -- Michael Morony -- Sheila Blair -- Anthoy Cutler -- Jonathan Bloom -- Ralph Kauz -- Marianna Shreve Simpson -- Tim Stanley -- Susan Stronge -- Edward Kasinec and Robert Davis.
9780300171105
2010053435
Islamic art objects--Exhibitions.
Gifts--Religious aspects--Islam--Exhibitions.
Islamic countries--Social life and customs--Exhibitions.
NK720 / .G54 2011
709.176 / K8357
Catalog published in conjunction with an exhibition held at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, June 5-Sept. 5, 2011 and at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Oct. 23, 2011-Jan. 15, 2012.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The art of the art of giving at the Islamic courts / Gift giving in the Iranian tradition / On giving to shrines: generosity is a quality of the people of paradis / The enduring present: gifts in medieval Islam and Byzantium / Fatimid gifts / Gift exchange between Iran, Central Asia and China under the Ming Dynasty, 1368-1644 / Gifts for the Shah: an episode in Hapsburg-Safavid relations during the reigns of Philip III and Abbas I / Ottoman gift exchange: royal give and take / Imperial gifts at the court of Hindustan / Graphic documentation of gift exchanges between the Russian court and its islamic counterparts, seventeenth to the nineteenth century / Linda Komaroff -- Michael Morony -- Sheila Blair -- Anthoy Cutler -- Jonathan Bloom -- Ralph Kauz -- Marianna Shreve Simpson -- Tim Stanley -- Susan Stronge -- Edward Kasinec and Robert Davis.
9780300171105
2010053435
Islamic art objects--Exhibitions.
Gifts--Religious aspects--Islam--Exhibitions.
Islamic countries--Social life and customs--Exhibitions.
NK720 / .G54 2011
709.176 / K8357