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The Dragon in Medieval East Christian and Islamic Art
Sara Kuehn
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With a Foreword by Robert Hillenbrand
出版BRILL, 2011-07-12
主題History / Social HistorySocial Science / Ethnic Studies / General
ISBN90042097279789004209725
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=9-J5DwAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋This book is a pioneering work on a key iconographic motif, that of the dragon. It examines the perception of this complex, multifaceted motif within the overall intellectual and visual universe of the medieval Irano-Turkish world. Using a broadly comparative approach, the author explores the ever-shifting semantics of the dragon motif as it emerges in neighbouring Muslim and non-Muslim cultures. The book will be of particular interest to those concerned with the relationship between the pre-Islamic, Islamic and Eastern Christian (especially Armenian) world.
The study is fully illustrated, with 209 (b/w and full colour) plates, many of previously unpublished material. Illustrations include photographs of architectural structures visited by the author, as well as a vast collection of artefacts, all of which are described and discussed in detail with inscription readings, historical data and textual sources.