The mediation of ornament

The mediation of ornament /

"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 t...

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Main Author: Grabar, Oleg
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©1992.
Series:A.W. Mellon lectures in the fine arts ; 1989.
Bollingen series ; 35, 38.
Subjects:
Islamic art > Themes, motives.
Communication in art.
Visual perception.
Art > Psychology.
Islamic art.
Islamic decoration and ornament.
Aesthetics.
Visual Perception
Art islamique.
Communication dans l'art.
Perception visuelle.
Décoration et ornement islamiques.
Esthétique.
Art islamique > Thèmes, motifs.
Art > Psychologie.
visual perception.
Islamitische kunst.
Ornamentiek.
Art > Psychological aspects.
Communication visuelle.
Psychologie de l'art.
Perception visuelle > Dans l'art.
Regard > Dans l'art.
Art comparé > Esthétique.
Décoration > Pays islamiques.
Critique d'art > Pays islamiques.

Minneapolis College of Art and Design

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University of St. Thomas

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University of Minnesota

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