The Diez albums : contexts and contents /

Saved in:

Bibliographic Details
Imprint:	Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2017]
Description:	xvii, 672 pages ; 26 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Islamic manuscripts and books, 1877-9964 ; volume 11 Islamic manuscripts and books ; v. 11.
Subject:	Diez, Heinrich Friedrich von, -- 1751-1817 -- Art collections. Diez, Heinrich Friedrich von, -- 1751-1817 -- Library. Diez, Heinrich Friedrich von, -- 1751-1817. Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin--Preussischer Kulturbesitz. Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin--Preussischer Kulturbesitz. Illumination of books and manuscripts, Iranian. Islamic illumination of books and manuscripts -- Iran. Islamic illumination of books and manuscripts -- Asia, Central. Illumination of books and manuscripts -- Germany -- Berlin. Art museums. Illumination of books and manuscripts. Illumination of books and manuscripts, Iranian. Islamic illumination of books and manuscripts. Libraries. Asia, Central. Germany -- Berlin. Iran.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10956370

Hidden Bibliographic Details
Other title:	Diez albums of the Berlin State Library, current state of research and new perspectives.
Other authors / contributors:	Gonnella, Julia, editor. Weis, Friederike, editor. Rauch, Christoph, editor.
ISBN:	9789004321557 9004321551 9789004323483 9004323481
Notes:	Papers presented at the symposium, "The Diez Albums of the Berlin State Library: Current State of Research and New Perspectives", held at the Staatsbibliothek, June 2-5, 2013, complemented by some additional articles. Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Table of Contents:

Notes on Contributors
1. Introduction
The Albums and Heinrich Friedrich von Diez
2. Contents & Contexts: Re-viewing the Diez Albums
3. Memorabilia of Asia: Diez's Albums Revisited
4. The Oriental Manuscripts and Albums of Heinrich Friedrich von Diez and the Perception of Persian Painting in His Time
The Diez and the Topkapi Albums
5. The Perusal of the Topkapi Albums: A Story of Connoisseurship
6. Repetition of Illustrations in the Topkapi Palace and Diez Albums
7. Ja'far Tabrizi, "Second Inventor" of the Nasta'tiq Script, and the Diez Albums
The Albums' Contents: From the Mongols to the Timurids
8. The Illustration of the Turko-Mongol Era in the Berlin Diez Albums
9. The Mongols Enthroned
10. Royal Insignia in the Periods from the Ilkhanids to the Timurids in the Diez Albums
11. The Depiction of Horses in the Diez Albums
12. Brave Warriors of Diez
The Albums' Contents: Drawings and Sketches
13. Models, Sketches, and Pounced Drawings in the Diez Albums: First Steps in the Making of Illustrated Manuscripts
14. A Persianate Drawing of the Tazsa Farnese: A Work by Muhammad Khayyam?
15. Scientific Investigation of Carbon Inks: An Analytical Challenge
Repatriations: The Diez Albums as a Source for Reconstructing Lost Art
16. The Great Mongol Shdhndma: Some Proposed Repatriations
17. The Great Jalayirid Shahnama
18. The Divan of Sultan Ahmad Jalayir and the Diez and Istanbul Albums
19. Illustrated Messages of Love in the Diez Albums
Europe, China and Istanbul: The Albums in a Broader Perspective
20. Persianate Images between Europe and China: The "Frankish Manner" in the Diez and Topkapi Albums, c. 1350-1450
21. Iconographic Turn: On Chinese Buddhist and Daoist Iconography in the Diez Albums
22. The Ottomans in Diez's Collection
Appendix 1. Conference Programme
Appendix 2. Masterpieces from the Seraih: The Albums of Heinrich Friedrich von Diez (1751-1817)
Credits
Index of Names, Dynasties and Epochs
Index of Works and Manuscripts
Index of Places
Index of Subjects

The Diez albums : contexts and contents /

Similar Items