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fsJamib Irtylfe the supreme triumph of pattern and cbiour, c^ualitieis which tha: West has irrsiorically underrated, in spite of its apparent remoteness from t^e European tradition:—no oif-painting or fresco, no figure sculpture, no refigious art, no exploration of nature or the human form—this is an art Which n^akes a direct appeal that is impossible Jo resist. Its chosen media are mosaic, woodwork, carpet, textile, ceramics, decorative relief and miniature painting. ,It represents an ai-ea stretching from Spain to India, a culture which un;ites scores of disparate peopfes and a time-span of a thousand years. David talbot Rice's concise, comprehensive study, first published in 1965, was in^mediately acclaimed as the best popular introduction to the subject. This revised eipiltion has been prepared to meet a
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About thistbok
fsJamib Irtylfe the supreme triumph of pattern and cbiour, c^ualitieis which tha: West has irrsiorically underrated, in spite of its apparent remoteness from t^e European tradition:—no oif-painting or fresco, no figure sculpture, no refigious art, no exploration of nature or the human form—this is an art Which n^akes a direct appeal that is impossible Jo resist. Its chosen media are mosaic, woodwork, carpet, textile, ceramics, decorative relief and miniature painting. ,It represents an ai-ea stretching from Spain to India, a culture which un;ites scores of disparate peopfes and a time-span of a thousand years. David talbot Rice's concise, comprehensive study, first published in 1965, was in^mediately acclaimed as the best popular introduction to the subject. This revised eipiltion has been prepared to meet a
Substantial ?emand. ~ T
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^Reviews of the First Edition!
'Both historical:^nd geographical stages are charted by an ingenious choice of examples in almost evjery medigm. The result is an admirable survey.' Times Literary Supplement ' —
'Mr Rice's descriptive writing is always sensitive and free from the di^eariness of the catalogue or guidebook All in all, this is just the book for the aspirjng stiident of Islamic chviKzation.' Journal of the Royal Central \Asiah Society
David Talbot Ricé
was educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford, where he graduated in 19257 For the riexrfKre^eafs he was holder of a Senior Research Scholar-/ship at Christ Church ln Í032, aftel- having travelled extensively and excavated in the Near East,\ he became Lecturer on Byzantine and Near Eastern art at the GourtaulfJ Institu^te, London. Two years later he wasr appoihtid tQ the Watson-Gordon Professorship of Fine Art at Edinburgh Univer^'i^'FRs books included The Birth of Western Painting (with Robert Byron ^^0k:Byzanme Art m'3Q, rev. 1954), The Beginnings of Christian , Art (1957), Thé Art ôf Byzantium (1959), The Byzantines ,(1962) and Art of, the Byzarrtine Era 'i^^&S)] he also contributed numerous articles to^ periodicals and spiecfâlized journais.
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