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- catalog abstract "This sumptuous volume, based on an exhibit at the Smithsonian's new Sackler Gallery, perceptively describes the Islamic art holdings of the late Parisian jeweler and pioneering collector of Asian art, Henri Vever. The legendary collection of Persian and Arabic miniatures was thought lost during the Nazi occupation of France. A series of serendipitous events, dramatically told here, led to its recent discovery in New York and its subsequent acquisition by the Smithsonian. The 77 paintings, all of which were originally illustrations for Islamic manuscripts, are reproduced in brilliant color. Despite their great devotion to Asian art, Vever and his fellow collectors, illiterate in Persian and Arabic, were unable to appreciate the cultural context from which this art emerged. The authors (Lowry is a curator at the Sackler Gallery and Nemazee is a curatorial assistant) have restored the texts to their illustrations, thus returning these small masterpieces to the context from which they were torn. For both the connoisseur and the newcomer, poems, stories and scriptural references will further enhance the enjoyment of the splendid book."--PW".
- catalog contributor b2091653.
- catalog contributor b2091654.
- catalog contributor b2091655.
- catalog created "c1988.".
- catalog date "1988".
- catalog date "c1988.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1988.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographies and index.".
- catalog description "This sumptuous volume, based on an exhibit at the Smithsonian's new Sackler Gallery, perceptively describes the Islamic art holdings of the late Parisian jeweler and pioneering collector of Asian art, Henri Vever. The legendary collection of Persian and Arabic miniatures was thought lost during the Nazi occupation of France. A series of serendipitous events, dramatically told here, led to its recent discovery in New York and its subsequent acquisition by the Smithsonian. The 77 paintings, all of which were originally illustrations for Islamic manuscripts, are reproduced in brilliant color. Despite their great devotion to Asian art, Vever and his fellow collectors, illiterate in Persian and Arabic, were unable to appreciate the cultural context from which this art emerged. The authors (Lowry is a curator at the Sackler Gallery and Nemazee is a curatorial assistant) have restored the texts to their illustrations, thus returning these small masterpieces to the context from which they were torn. For both the connoisseur and the newcomer, poems, stories and scriptural references will further enhance the enjoyment of the splendid book."--PW".
- catalog extent "240 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Jeweler's eye.".
- catalog identifier "0295966769 (alk. paper)".
- catalog identifier "0295966777 (pbk. : alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Jeweler's eye.".
- catalog issued "1988".
- catalog issued "c1988.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Washington, D.C. : Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, in association with University of Washington Press, Seattle,".
- catalog relation "Jeweler's eye.".
- catalog spatial "Washington (D.C.)".
- catalog subject "745.6/7/0917671 19".
- catalog subject "Arthur M. Sackler Gallery (Smithsonian Institution)".
- catalog subject "Illumination of books and manuscripts Private collections Washington (D.C.)".
- catalog subject "Islamic bookbinding.".
- catalog subject "Islamic calligraphy.".
- catalog subject "Islamic illumination of books and manuscripts.".
- catalog subject "Islamic miniature painting.".
- catalog subject "Miniature painting, Islamic.".
- catalog subject "ND2955 .A78 1988a".
- catalog subject "Vever, Henri, 1854-1942 Art collections.".
- catalog title "A jeweler's eye : Islamic arts of the book from the Vever Collection / Glenn D. Lowry with Susan Nemazee.".
- catalog type "text".