Catalog published in conjunction with an exhibition held at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, June 5-Sept. 5, 2011 and at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Oct. 23, 2011-Jan. 15, 2012.
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Catalog published in conjunction with an exhibition held at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, June 5-Sept. 5, 2011 and at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Oct. 23, 2011-Jan. 15, 2012.
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Near Fine in Very Good jacket. Book Near Fine in an Almost Near Fine dust jacket. Book and jacket lightly nudged at bottom corners. Jacket has a pair of minute tears just behind the spine heel. No marks, and an otherwise Like New copy of this large, handsomely illustrated volume.
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New; in shrink wrap. Bright blue cloth boards with color pictorial DJ, 336 pp., 276 color and BW figures. The giving of gifts--state, religious, and personal--is a practice nearly as ancient and widespread as human culture itself. This sumptuosly illustrated catalogue is the first investigation of gift giving and its impact on the development of art in the Islamic world. Gifts of the Sultan features more than 250 rare and costly works of art associated with gift exchange among the courts of Islam and with those of Byzantium, western Europe, and eastern Asia. Through this window it provides a broad and layered view of Islamic art and culture from the eighth through the nineteenth century.
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Fine Condition in Fine Condition jacket. Book 336 pages. Hardcover exhibition catalogue, bound in blue cloth covered boards and wrapped in an illustrated paper dustjacket. Crisp, tight, sharp and clean condition. Texts in English, and profusely illustrated. Published in conjunction with the exhibition held in Los Angeles from June 5-September 5, 2011 and in Houston from Ocober 23, 2011-January 15, 2012.
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Illustrated. New in New jacket. Book. Folio. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2011. First edition. Folio. Hard cover binding, 336 pp. Illustrated throughout in color. The giving of gifts both delights the recipient and pleases the giver. Practiced in all societies, gift exchange has a history as long as humanity. This gloriously illustrated catalogue is the first investigation of gift-giving and its impact on the development of art in the Islamic world. Presenting some 240 rare and costly works of art associated with gift exchanges among the courts of Islam, Byzantium, western Europe, and eastern Asia, the book provides a wide-ranging view of Islamic art and culture from the 8th through the 19th century. At courts across the Islamic world, gift-giving often served as a nexus of art and diplomacy, religion, and interpersonal relations. The book examines the complex interplay between artistic production and gift-based patronage through numerous examples of deluxe, aesthetically pleasing objects either commissioned or repurposed as gifts. Tracing the unique histories of selected artworks, the book also explores how the exchange of luxury objects played a central role in the circulation, emulation, and assimilation of artistic forms within and beyond the Islamic world. New in new dust jacket, protected with an archival-quality mylar cover.