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100 1 _aTabbaa, Yasser,
_d1948-
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245 1 4 _aThe transformation of Islamic art during the Sunni revival /
_cYasser Tabbaa.
260 _aSeattle :
_bUniversity of Washington Press,
_cc2001.
300 _aix, 210 p. :
_bill. ;
_c26 cm.
490 1 _aPublications on the Near East
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aThe Sunni Revival -- The Transformation of Qur'anic Writing -- The Public Text -- The Girih Mode: Vegetal and Geometric Arabesque -- Muqarnas Vaulting and Ash'ari Occasionalism -- Stone Muqarnas and Other Special Devices -- The Mediation of Symbolic Forms.
520 _aIslamic world of these significant forms operated within a system of reciprocating, ceremonial gestures that conveyed a new, formal language, which helped negotiate the gap between the myth of a unified Sunni Islam and the actual political fragmentation that existed in the Islamic world.
520 8 _aIn subject matter and approach, The Transformation of Islamic Art during the Sunni Revival makes original contributions to the study of Islamic art, revealing that this relatively neglected sector of medieval Islamic art and architecture is of critical importance for reevaluating the entire field of study. It challenges the essentialist and positivist approaches that still permeate the study of Islamic art, and offers a historical and semiotic alternative that explores meaning within the ruptures of change.
650 0 _aDecoration and ornament, Architectural
_zMiddle East.
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650 0 _aArchitecture, Islamic
_zMiddle East.
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650 0 _aArchitecture, Medieval
_zMiddle East.
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650 0 _aDecoration and ornament, Islamic
_zMiddle East.
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650 0 _aDecoration and ornament, Medieval
_zMiddle East.
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830 0 _aPublications on the Near East, University of Washington.
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905 _aYasser Tabbaa, who specializes in Islamic art and architecture, has taught at MIT and the University of Michigan. He lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
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