From 828, when Venetian merchants carried home from Alexandria the stolen relics of St. Mark, to the partitioning of the conquered Venetian Republic by Napoleon in 1797, the visual arts in Venice were dramatically influenced by Islamic art. Because of its strategic location on the Mediterranean, Venice had long imported objects from the Near East through channels of trade, and it flourished during this particular period as a commercial, political, and diplomatic hub. This monumental book examines how and why artistic and ...
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From 828, when Venetian merchants carried home from Alexandria the stolen relics of St. Mark, to the partitioning of the conquered Venetian Republic by Napoleon in 1797, the visual arts in Venice were dramatically influenced by Islamic art. Because of its strategic location on the Mediterranean, Venice had long imported objects from the Near East through channels of trade, and it flourished during this particular period as a commercial, political, and diplomatic hub. This monumental book examines how and why artistic and cultural ideas that originated in the Islamic world were absorbed and elaborated in Venice. "Venice and the Islamic World" features paintings and drawings by familiar Venetian artists such as Bellini, Titian, and Giorgione, along with printed books, tapestries and carpets, inlaid metalwork, ceramics, lacquered wood, enamelware, and gilded glass - decorative artworks by both Venetian craftsmen and from contemporaneous Venetian collections representing the Mamluks in Egypt, the Ottomans in Turkey, and the Safavids in Iran. Together these exquisite objects illuminate the ways Venetian art was visually and ideologically indebted to and inspired by Islamic art, while highlighting Venice's own view toward the region. Fascinating essays by distinguished scholars and conservators offer new historical and technical insights into this unique artistic relationship between East and West.
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VG/VG. Blue cloth with bl; ue, color pictorial glossy dustjacket. 374 pp. Color and BW illustrations. Catalogue of an exhibition held at the Institut du Monde Arabe, Paris, Oct. 2, 2006-Feb. 18, 2007 and at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Mar. 27-July 8, 2007. ontents as follows: I: The cultural and historical context. Venice and the Turks / Jean-Claude Hocquet--Venice and the Islamic world in light of archival documents / Giovanni Curatola--Venice as an "Eastern city" / Deborah Howard--Venice and the Mamluks / Deborah Howard--The Serenissima and the sublime Porte: art in the art of diplomacy, 1453-1600 / Julian Raby--"Orientalist" painting in Venice, 15th to 17th centuries / Catarina Schmidt Arcangeli--Pigments in Venetian and Islamic painting / Barbara H. Berrie--Renaissance Venice and her "Moors" / Michael Barry--II: The decorative arts between Venice and the Islamic world. Oriental carpets and textiles in Venice / Walter B. Denny--Ottoman or Italian velvets? : A technical investigation / Sandra Sardjono--Venice's textile and carpet trade: the role of Jewish merchants / Giovanni Curatola--Master Mahmud and inlaid metalwork in the 15th century / Sylvia Auld--Master Mahmud and inlaid metalwork: a scientific perspective / Susan La Niece--Venetian lacquer and bookbindings of the 16th century / Ernst J. Grube--Venetian "lacquer": a scientific approach / Adriana Rizzo--Enameled glass between the Eastern Mediterranean and Venice / Rosa Barovier Mentasti and Stefano Carboni--Influence of the Islamic tradition on the chemistry and technology of Venetian glass / Marco Verità--Islamic influence on the production of ceramics in Venice and Padua / Maria Vittoria Fontana--III: Catalogue of exhibited works.
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VG-(light crease to spine; spine split, glue & threads firm & intact) Color-illustrated wraps, blue spine with white lettering. 374 pp. Color and BW illustrations. Catalogue of an exhibition held at the Institut du Monde Arabe, Paris, Oct. 2, 2006-Feb. 18, 2007 and at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Mar. 27-July 8, 2007. ontents as follows: I: The cultural and historical context. Venice and the Turks / Jean-Claude Hocquet--Venice and the Islamic world in light of archival documents / Giovanni Curatola--Venice as an "Eastern city" / Deborah Howard--Venice and the Mamluks / Deborah Howard--The Serenissima and the sublime Porte: art in the art of diplomacy, 1453-1600 / Julian Raby--"Orientalist" painting in Venice, 15th to 17th centuries / Catarina Schmidt Arcangeli--Pigments in Venetian and Islamic painting / Barbara H. Berrie--Renaissance Venice and her "Moors" / Michael Barry--II: The decorative arts between Venice and the Islamic world. Oriental carpets and textiles in Venice / Walter B. Denny--Ottoman or Italian velvets? : A technical investigation / Sandra Sardjono--Venice's textile and carpet trade: the role of Jewish merchants / Giovanni Curatola--Master Mahmud and inlaid metalwork in the 15th century / Sylvia Auld--Master Mahmud and inlaid metalwork: a scientific perspective / Susan La Niece--Venetian lacquer and bookbindings of the 16th century / Ernst J. Grube--Venetian "lacquer": a scientific approach / Adriana Rizzo--Enameled glass between the Eastern Mediterranean and Venice / Rosa Barovier Mentasti and Stefano Carboni--Influence of the Islamic tradition on the chemistry and technology of Venetian glass / Marco Verità--Islamic influence on the production of ceramics in Venice and Padua / Maria Vittoria Fontana--III: Catalogue of exhibited works.
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