03581cam a22004455a 4500 14559548 EG-ScBUE 20220912103027.0 060920t2006 ua a f bcd 001 0 eng d 9774248600 9789774248603 (OCoLC)ocm71300128 VYF eng rda VYF DLC EG-ScBUE EG-ScBUE f-ua--- 704.948970746216 TRE 22 The treasures of Islamic art in the museums of Cairo / edited by Bernard O'Kane ; introduced by Suzanne Mubarak. Cairo ; New York : The American University in Cairo Press, [2006] c2006 xv, 312 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 34 cm rdacontent text txt rdamedia unmediated n rdacarrier volume nc Includes glossary. Includes bibliographical references and index. The Museum of Islamic Art in Cairo / Farouk S. Asker -- Introduction to Islamic art / Bernard O'Kane -- The Umayyads and Abbasids (658-1258) / Faroud S. Asker -- The Fatimids (969-1171) / Mohamed Abbas -- The Ayyubids and early Mamluks (1171-1382) / Bernard O'Kane -- The Burgi Mamluks (1382-1517) / Mohamed Hamza Isma�il al-Haddad -- Ottoman art (1517-19th century) / Noha Abou-Katwa -- Iranian art / Bernard O'Kane. "Cairo's museums are home to some of the richest collections of Islamic art in the world. Long the seat of great dynasties, whose rulers and descendants both amassed and patronized works of art, Cairo's status as one of the wealthiest and most populous cities of the medieval world is reflected in the exquisite arts and crafts that make up its collections, which expanded in the twentieth century through the purchase of private collections so that they now include not just the arts of the dynasties that made Cairo their capital, such as the Fatimids, Ayyubids, and Mamluks, but material from other important areas of the Islamic world, such as Iran and Turkey, as well." "Masterpieces of every medium are represented, including the decorative arts of ceramics, metalwork, textiles, woodwork, glass, carved stone and ivory, and the art of the book. The objects vary from pieces made for purely secular purposes, many of them with blazons showing that they were the property of the great amirs of the time, to some of the choicest examples recovered from the architectural masterpieces that permeate Cairo's landscape." "An introductory chapter guides the reader into the world of Islam and its art, while subsequent chapters unfold and describe the riches of the works of art that were crafted and amassed throughout the ages. The book is illustrated throughout with specially commissioned color photographs."--Jacket. Islamic art Catalogs. BUEsh 23647 Islamic decoration and ornament Egypt Cairo Catalogs. BUEsh 23648 Art Egypt Cairo Catalogs. BUEsh 23649 BUEsh GGEN COMAME ENGARC February2019 Reading book 34232 O'Kane, Bernard, editor. 23650 Mubarak, Suzanne, author of introduction, etc. Matḥaf al-Fann al-Islāmī (Cairo, Egypt) Museum of Islamic Ceramics (Cairo, Egypt) Contributor biographical information http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1517/2006355539-b.html Publisher description http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1517/2006355539-d.html ddc BB 27195 27167 0 0 ddc 0 0 Diwan MAIN MAIN 2ND 2011-05-05 Purchase 300.00 124070 3 27 704.948970746216 TRE 000023152 2025-07-15 00:00:00 2015-03-26 REFERENCE 0 0 ddc 0 0 AUC MAIN MAIN 2ND 2019-02-25 Purchase 400.00 16583 0 704.948970746216 TRE 000044309 2025-07-15 00:00:00 500.00 REFERENCE