Museum of Islamic art ; the collection / ; lead authors, Julia Gonnella, Mounia Chekhab-Abudaya, Tara Desjardins, Nicoletta Fazio, Marika Sardar, Simone Struth.

https://altair.imarabe.org//notice.php?q=id:131611 book 2022 With flagship architecture by I. M. Pei, an interior designed by J.-M. Wilmotte, and one of the world's finest collections of its type, the Museum of Islamic Art in Doha, Qatar, is a dazzling showcase of the artistic achievements of the Islamic world. The collection represents the highest expression of artistic culture, covering lands from Spain to Central Asia and India, and ranging in date from the early Islamic period to the nineteenth century, including metalwork, miniatures, carpets, calligraphy and ceramics.00Published to coincide with the re-opening of the museum galleries, this book brilliantly conveys the quality and significance of the Museum of Islamic Art collection, presenting impressive images of objects alongside new research and discoveries by the museum curatorial team. Also including thirty-seven pecially commissioned essays by scholars of Islamic Art, Museum of Islamic Art: The Collection is an outstanding and detailed contribution to the field 1 volume (592 pages) : ; 27 cm. ; illustrations en couleurs. ; Art islamique Objets d'art islamiques Al-Dawḥa (Qatar) Catalogues raisonnés Musée d'art islamique (Doha, Qatar) Chekhab-Abudaya, Mounia Desjardins, Tara Fazio, Nicoletta Gonnella, Julia Sardar, Marika Struth, Simone Anglais ABES