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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       Subjects     Islam and art.     Islamic art.     Handicraft -- Islamic countries.     Islamic miniature painting.     Calligraphy, Arabic.     Islamic decoration and ornament.     Geometry in art.     Browse Catalog       by title:      Arts & crafts of the...         MARC Display

Arts & crafts of the Islamic lands : principles, materials, practice / edited by Khaled Azzam ; educational coordinator, Ririko Suzuki. London : Thames & Hudson, c2013. Subjects Islam and art.   Islamic art.   Handicraft -- Islamic countries.   Islamic miniature painting.   Calligraphy, Arabic.   Islamic decoration and ornament.   Geometry in art. ISBN:  9780500517024 (hbk.) 0500517029 (hbk.) Description:  288 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm. Contents:  Part 1. Principles : i. Geometry : Introduction to geometry / Keith Critchlow ; Order in nature / Paul Marchant ; Proportion / Paul Marchant ; Shapes, grids and patterns / Paul Marchant, Jonathan Horning -- ii. Islimi : Introduction to Islimi / Adam Williamson -- iii. Calligraphy : Introduction to Arabic calligraphy / Nassar Mansour -- Part 2. Materials and preparation : Traditional pigments / David Cranswick -- Gesso panels / Adam Williamson -- Gilding / Mark Mills -- Brush and wasli paper for Mughal and Persian miniature painting / Fatima Zahra Hassan -- Part 3. Methods and techniques : Kufic calligraphy / Nassar Mansour -- Plaster carving / Mamdouh Sakr -- Mughal and Persian miniature painting / Fatima Zahra Hassan -- Parquetry / Tom Bree -- Ceramic plates / Simon Trethewey -- Ceramic tiles / Jonathan Horning -- Mosaic / David Feuerstein -- Glassmaking / Martin Birk Moller. Requests:  0 Summary:  Based on decades of research and expertise, and written by tutors at The Prince's School of Traditional Arts, one of the world's leading schools for the study of the traditional crafts of the East and West, this book provides unparalleled access to a glorious range of techniques, methods, materials and skills. The first chapter explores the fundamental principles of Islamic arts and crafts: geometry, islimi and calligraphy. The second introduces widely used materials and tools, while the third provides illustrated step-by-step guides to the crafting of artefacts and artworks, including Kufic calligraphy, plaster carving, miniature painting, parquetry, ceramics, mosaics and glassblowing. The history and significance of the techniques and materials used are also explained, accompanied by numerous illustrations of masterworks found throughout the Islamic world.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status Due Date   Hawaii State Library Art, Music & Recreation 709.17671 Ar Checked In   Add Copy to MyList Hilo Public Library Adult Nonfiction 709.1767 Arts Lost 09/20/2019 Add Copy to MyList Kaimuki Public Library Adult Nonfiction 709.1767 Ar Lost 07/17/2017 Add Copy to MyList

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