The Illustrations of the Maqāmāt and the Shadow Play
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19416148 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Alain George (Edinburgh College, corresponding author), Alain F George |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 1-42 |
| Publication date | 2011-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Muqarnas Online (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0732-2992 • E-ISSN: 2211-8993 |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1163/22118993-90000172 |
| OpenAlex | W2003097292 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
the illustrations of the maqmt and the shadow play 1 ALAIN F. GEORGE THE ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE MAQĀMĀT AND THE SHADOW PLAY Arabic book illustration is nearly as old as the Islamic world itself, having been in existence since at least the eighth century. 1 Scattered textual and material evidence about its early phases suggests that for a long time it remained largely conventional in its themes and static in its iconography. Then, with the onset of the thirteenth century, the number of extant manuscripts surges. These attest to a transformed visual language in which the frozen characters of earlier
Art · Art history · Extant taxon · Iconography · Literature · Psychoanalysis · Archaeology and Historical Studies · Historical and Linguistic Studies · History · Islamic Studies and History · Psychology
| Unique citing works | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0.09 |
| Citation span | 2015 - 2015 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |