FIGURATIVE ART IN MEDIEVAL ISLAM

This groundbreaking work elucidates the symbolism and an entire allegorical system in Islamic painting of the Golden Age between the fourteenth and seventeenth centuries. Barry, a leading expert on art of the Middle East, focuses his study around the work of Bizhâ d, the undisputed master of the Persian miniature and an almost mythical personality. Barry's study follows deliberately the traditi on of studies by Erwin Panofsky or Emile Mâle on the symbolism of medieval Christian art. It is of considerable importance for the h istory o...[Read more]