The Mediation of Ornament

by Oleg Grabar

Book Overview

How ornamentation enables a direct and immediate encounter between viewers and art objects

Based on universal motifs, ornamentation occurs in many artistic traditions, though it reaches its most expressive, tangible, and unique form in the art of the Islamic world. The Mediation of Ornament shares a veteran art historian's love for the sheer sensuality of Islamic ornamentation, but also uses this art to show how ornament serves...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691252769
• ISBN13: 9780691252766
• Release Date: August 2023
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 8.0" x 10.0"