The Gift Tradition in Islamic Art

by Linda Komaroff

The offering of gifts is a practice nearly as ancient and widespread as human culture itself. At courts throughout the Islamic world, the exchange of lavish gifts and endowments intimately linked art with diplomacy and royal ambitions, religion, and personal relationships.

This beautifully illustrated book explores the complex interplay between artistic production and gift-based patronage by discussing works of great aesthetic refinement...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300184352
• ISBN13: 9780300184358
• Release Date: September 2012
• Publisher: Other Distribution
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 1.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 9.0" x 10.4"