Inside/Outside Islamic Art and Architecture: A Cartography of Boundaries in and of the Field

Book Overview

When we walk into a gallery, we have a fairly good idea where the building begins and ends; and inside, while observing a painting, we are equally confident in distinguishing between the painting-proper and its frame and borders. Yet, things are often more complicated. A building defines an exterior space just as much as an interior, and what we perceive to be ornamental and marginal to a given painting may in fact be central to what it represents...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1350248789
• ISBN13: 9781350248786
• Release Date: June 2024
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Visual Arts
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.93 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"