The Dragon in Medieval East Christian and Islamic Art

With a Foreword by Robert Hillenbrand
Erscheinungsjahr 2011
ISBN: 978-90-04-18663-7
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 86, 390 Seiten, Gewicht: 1317 g

Reihe: Islamic History and Civilization

This book is a pioneering work on a key iconographic motif, that of the dragon. It examines the perception of this complex, multifaceted motif within the overall intellectual and visual universe of the medieval Irano-Turkish world. Using a broadly comparative approach, the author explores the ever-shifting semantics of the dragon motif as it emerges in neighbouring Muslim and non-Muslim cultures. The book will be of particular interest to those concerned with the relationship between the pre-Islamic, Islamic and Eastern Christian (especially Armenian) world.

The study is fully illustrated, with 209 (b/w and full colour) plates, many of previously unpublished material. Illustrations include photographs of architectural structures visited by the author, as well as a vast collection of artefacts, all of which are described and discussed in detail with inscription readings, historical data and textual sources.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kuehn, Sara

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Künstlerische Stoffe, Motive, Themen

Über Autor(innen)

Sara Kuehn, Ph.D. (2008) in Islamic Art History and Archaeology, Free University of Berlin, is researcher at the Austrian Museum of Applied Arts (MAK). Following earlier studies in Chinese and Japanese art and archaeology, her research now centres on the art and archaeology of the Irano-Turkish world. She is currently preparing a monograph on the iconography of angels in Islamic art.