Idries Trevathan

Gebundenes Buch

Colour, Light and Wonder in Islamic Art

Beschreibung

An original investigation into the aesthetics of colour in pre-modern Islamic world

Autor

Idries Trevathan is a curator and conservator with more than a decade's experience working with Islamic art collections in the Muslim world and beyond, including the Islamic Arts Museum in Malaysia. Treyathan works regularly on conservation projects and has conducted technical and aesthetic colour studies on a range of Islamic art objects, including the Malay Qur'an manuscripts, Damascene reception rooms and Ottoman porticoes in the grand mosque in Mecca. Trevathan trained as an art conservator at the City & Guilds of London Art School and earned a PhD in colour in Islamic art from the Prince's Foundation School of Traditional Arts, London. His achievements have been recognised by numerous awards, including the National Association of Decorative and Fine Arts Societies Prize for Research, the Hamad bin Khalifa Scholarship, the Zibby Garnett Fellowship and the Knights of the Round Table Award.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Saqi Books
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Dezember 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 160mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 726g
• ISBN-13: 9780863561450
• ISBN-10: 0863561454
• Artikelnr.: 57118883