Linda Komaroff
Biographic Data
| ID | 1439674 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Linda Komaroff |
| GIVEN NAMES | Linda |
| FAMILY NAME | Komaroff |
| SIGNATURE | KOMAROFF L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Los Angeles County Museum of Art |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 16 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1983 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Iranian Art from the Sasanians to the Islamic Republic
This group of thirteen chapters in honour of Linda Komaroff, Curator of Islamic Art and Department Head, Art of the Middle East at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, serves as an introduction to various aspects of Iranian art over the past two millennia. The introduction provides insights into Komaroff’s long career as a curator and teacher and concludes with a list of her writings and exhibitions. The following chapters present explorations o…
Aisha's Cushion
The popular and seemingly intractable belief that Islam forbids the use of figures in the visual arts is often the one detail that the average person “knows” about the arts of the Islamic world. Early twenty-first-century events such as the destruction of the Bamiyan Buddhas by the Taliban in 2001 and the publication of the Danish cartoons in 2005, and ensuing media attention to Muslim reactions to this perceived defamation of the Prophet Muhamma…
"A Thousand Designs for the Sake of the Bowl"
Linda Komaroff, "A Thousand Designs for the Sake of the Bowl": A Wine Vessel with Persian Inscriptions at LACMA, Artibus Asiae, Vol. 67, No. 1, Pearls from Water. Rubies from Stone. Studies in Islamic Art in Honor of Priscilla Soucek. Part II (2007), pp. 25-38
Beyond the Legacy of Genghis Khan
This publication offers a wide-ranging account of the Mongols in western and eastern Asia in the aftermath of Genghis Khan’s disruptive invasions of the early thirteenth century, focusing on the significant cultural, social, religious and political changes that followed in their wake. The issues considered concern art, governance, diplomacy, commerce, court life, and urban culture in the Mongol world empire as originally presented at a 2003 sympo…
Islamic art
Paintings in Silver and Gold
The Golden Disk of Heaven
Ayyubid Metalwork with Christian Images
Five Essays on Islamic Art
The Timurid Architecture of Iran and Turan
An upsurge of interest in Islamic art and architecture creates the ideal climate for publication of this long-awaited comprehensive picture of the entire range of building activity sponsored by the Timurids during the fifteenth century, including the monumental, color-clad mosques, shrines, and mausoleums. The term here refers not only to the empire established by Timur around 1370, but also to that of his successors and their rivals who shared i…
Timurid Architecture in Khurasan
Highlights of Persian Art
Essays in Islamic Art and Architecture (In Honor of Katharina Otto-Dorn). Islamic Art and Architecture, Volume 1
Islamic Metalwork
Islamic Metalwork
Essays in Islamic Art and Architecture (In Honor of Katharina Otto-Dorn). Islamic Art and Architecture, Volume 1
Highlights of Persian Art
Timurid Architecture in Khurasan
Five Essays on Islamic Art
The Timurid Architecture of Iran and Turan
An upsurge of interest in Islamic art and architecture creates the ideal climate for publication of this long-awaited comprehensive picture of the entire range of building activity sponsored by the Timurids during the fifteenth century, including the monumental, color-clad mosques, shrines, and mausoleums. The term here refers not only to the empire established by Timur around 1370, but also to that of his successors and their rivals who shared i…
Ayyubid Metalwork with Christian Images
Paintings in Silver and Gold
The Golden Disk of Heaven
Islamic art
Beyond the Legacy of Genghis Khan
This publication offers a wide-ranging account of the Mongols in western and eastern Asia in the aftermath of Genghis Khan’s disruptive invasions of the early thirteenth century, focusing on the significant cultural, social, religious and political changes that followed in their wake. The issues considered concern art, governance, diplomacy, commerce, court life, and urban culture in the Mongol world empire as originally presented at a 2003 sympo…
"A Thousand Designs for the Sake of the Bowl"
Linda Komaroff, "A Thousand Designs for the Sake of the Bowl": A Wine Vessel with Persian Inscriptions at LACMA, Artibus Asiae, Vol. 67, No. 1, Pearls from Water. Rubies from Stone. Studies in Islamic Art in Honor of Priscilla Soucek. Part II (2007), pp. 25-38
Aisha's Cushion
The popular and seemingly intractable belief that Islam forbids the use of figures in the visual arts is often the one detail that the average person “knows” about the arts of the Islamic world. Early twenty-first-century events such as the destruction of the Bamiyan Buddhas by the Taliban in 2001 and the publication of the Danish cartoons in 2005, and ensuing media attention to Muslim reactions to this perceived defamation of the Prophet Muhamma…
Iranian Art from the Sasanians to the Islamic Republic
This group of thirteen chapters in honour of Linda Komaroff, Curator of Islamic Art and Department Head, Art of the Middle East at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, serves as an introduction to various aspects of Iranian art over the past two millennia. The introduction provides insights into Komaroff’s long career as a curator and teacher and concludes with a list of her writings and exhibitions. The following chapters present explorations o…
History (12 works) · Eurasian Exchange Networks (8 works) · Art (7 works) · Ancient history (6 works) · Islamic Studies and History (6 works) · Archaeology (5 works) · Historical and Architectural Studies (5 works) · Islam (5 works) · Archaeology and Historical Studies (4 works) · Architecture and Cultural Influences (4 works)