Art of the Middle East : modern and contemporary art of the Arab world and Iran / Saeb Eigner ; foreword by Zaha Hadid.
Publisher: London : Merrell, 2015Edition: Revised and expanded editionDescription: 399 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 25 cmContent type:- text
- still image
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781858946351
- 9781858946283
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| 709.55 GRI Contemporary Iranian art : from the street to the studio / | 709.55 SPI Persia : ancient Iran and the classical world / | 709.56 BOU The Middle East : the cradle of civilization / | 709.56 EIG Art of the Middle East : modern and contemporary art of the Arab world and Iran / | 709.56 LEV The world of Ottoman art / | 709.561 ROG Suleyman the Magnificent / | 709.561 ROX Turks : a journey of a thousand years, 600-1600 / |
Previous edition: 2010.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- Sacred scripture -- Literature -- Music and performance -- Politics, conflict and war -- History and identity -- Portraiture and body -- Nature and the land -- Index.
Artistic expression in the Middle East is experiencing something of a renaissance. This book provides an overview of modern and contemporary art of the Middle East and Arab world from 1945 to the present, with an emphasis on artists active today.