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- catalog abstract ""In this richly illustratcd book Oleg Grabar not only shares a veteran art historian's love for the sheer sensuality of Islamic ornamentation, but also uses this art to show how ornament in general enables a direct, immediate encounter between viewers and art objects from any culture and time period. Based on universal motifs, ornamentation occurs in many artistic traditions, although it seems to reach its most expressive, tangible, and unique form in the art of the Islamic world. Grabar analyzes early and medieval Islamic objects, ranging from recently discovered frontispieces in Yemen to tilework in the Alhambra, and compares them to Western examples, treating all pieces as testimony of the work, life, thought, and emotion experienced in one society. From this discussion ornament emerges as a consistent intermediary between viewers and artistic works throughout time." "Grabar defines ornaments as agents that are not logically necessary to the perception of a visual message but without which the process of understanding would be more difficult - they in fact often draw us into a work by strengthening the pleasure derived from looking at it. A major portion of this book explores four particularly influential forces on the development of ornament: writing (calligraphy), geometry, architecture, and nature. Throughout Grabar seeks to serve admirers of Islamic art as well as readers interested in the ways of perceiving and understanding the arts in general."--BOOK JACKET.".
- catalog contributor b3917189.
- catalog contributor b3917190.
- catalog created "1992.".
- catalog date "1992".
- catalog date "1992.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1992.".
- catalog description ""In this richly illustratcd book Oleg Grabar not only shares a veteran art historian's love for the sheer sensuality of Islamic ornamentation, but also uses this art to show how ornament in general enables a direct, immediate encounter between viewers and art objects from any culture and time period. Based on universal motifs, ornamentation occurs in many artistic traditions, although it seems to reach its most expressive, tangible, and unique form in the art of the Islamic world. Grabar analyzes early and medieval Islamic objects, ranging from recently discovered frontispieces in Yemen to tilework in the Alhambra, and compares them to Western examples, treating all pieces as testimony of the work, life, thought, and emotion experienced in one society. From this discussion ornament emerges as a consistent intermediary between viewers and artistic works throughout time." "Grabar defines ornaments as agents that are not logically necessary to the perception of a visual message but without which the process of understanding would be more difficult - they in fact often draw us into a work by strengthening the pleasure derived from looking at it. A major portion of this book explores four particularly influential forces on the development of ornament: writing (calligraphy), geometry, architecture, and nature. Throughout Grabar seeks to serve admirers of Islamic art as well as readers interested in the ways of perceiving and understanding the arts in general."--BOOK JACKET.".
- catalog description "A Theory of Intermediaries in Art -- The Intermediary of Writing -- The Intermediary of Geometry -- The Intermediary of Architecture -- The Intermediary of Nature.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog extent "xxv, 284 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0691040990 :".
- catalog isPartOf "A.W. Mellon lectures in the fine arts ; 1989".
- catalog isPartOf "Bollingen series ; 38.".
- catalog isPartOf "Bollingen series ; XXXV, 38".
- catalog issued "1992".
- catalog issued "1992.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press,".
- catalog subject "709/.17/671 20".
- catalog subject "Art Psychology.".
- catalog subject "Communication in art.".
- catalog subject "Islamic art Themes, motives.".
- catalog subject "N6260 .G692 1992".
- catalog subject "Visual perception.".
- catalog tableOfContents "A Theory of Intermediaries in Art -- The Intermediary of Writing -- The Intermediary of Geometry -- The Intermediary of Architecture -- The Intermediary of Nature.".
- catalog title "The mediation of ornament / Oleg Grabar.".
- catalog type "text".