Islamic Shangri-La - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Islamic Shangri-La write by David G. Atwill. This book was released on 2018-10-09. Islamic Shangri-La available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press’s Open Access publishing program for monographs. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more. Islamic Shangri-La transports readers to the heart of the Himalayas as it traces the rise of the Tibetan Muslim community from the 17th century to the present. Radically altering popular interpretations that have portrayed Tibet as isolated and monolithically Buddhist, David Atwill's vibrant account demonstrates how truly cosmopolitan Tibetan society was by highlighting the hybrid influences and internal diversity of Tibet. In its exploration of the Tibetan Muslim experience, this book presents an unparalleled perspective of Tibet's standing during the rise of post–World War II Asia.
Doris Duke's Shangri-La
Doris Duke's Shangri-La - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Doris Duke's Shangri-La write by Donald Albrecht. This book was released on 2012-09-04. Doris Duke's Shangri-La available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This inspiring book accompanies the first traveling exhibition about Doris Duke’s estate Shangri La and its influential synthesis of modernist architecture and Islamic art and design. Situated on five acres of terraced gardens and pools overlooking the Pacific Ocean and Honolulu’s Diamond Head, Shangri La was the idyllic paradise of philanthropist Doris Duke, reflecting her personal passion for the art, architecture, and design of the Islamic world. The estate incorporates unique architectural features, such as carved marble doorways, jalis, and floral ceramic tiles, and the decor includes artifacts, such as silk textiles, jewel-toned chandeliers, and gilt and coffered ceilings, many collected during her travels. This volume presents an exclusive tour of Shangri La’s breathtaking interiors and landscape, including the splendid furnishings and art. Archival photographs of Duke and friends as well as correspondence and drawings provide a view into a lifestyle defined by the highest sense of aesthetics. Doris Duke’s Shangri La is sure to inspire both art and design lovers.
Islamic Shangri-La
Islamic Shangri-La - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Islamic Shangri-La write by David G. Atwill. This book was released on 2018-09-18. Islamic Shangri-La available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. At publication date, a free ebook version of this title will be available through Luminos, University of California Press’s Open Access publishing program. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more. Islamic Shangri-La transports readers to the heart of the Himalayas as it traces the rise of the Tibetan Muslim community from the 17th century to the present. Radically altering popular interpretations that have portrayed Tibet as isolated and monolithically Buddhist, David Atwill's vibrant account demonstrates how truly cosmopolitan Tibetan society was by highlighting the hybrid influences and internal diversity of Tibet. In its exploration of the Tibetan Muslim experience, this book presents an unparalleled perspective of Tibet's standing during the rise of post–World War II Asia.
Waterscapes
Waterscapes - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Waterscapes write by Sheila Blair. This book was released on 2016-04-07. Waterscapes available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Rethinking Place in South Asian and Islamic Art, 1500-Present
Rethinking Place in South Asian and Islamic Art, 1500-Present - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Rethinking Place in South Asian and Islamic Art, 1500-Present write by Deborah S. Hutton. This book was released on 2016-10-04. Rethinking Place in South Asian and Islamic Art, 1500-Present available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Place plays a fundamental role in the structuring of the discipline of Art History. And yet, place also limits the questions art historians can ask and impairs analysis of objects and locations in the interstices of established, ossified categories. The chapters in this interdisciplinary volume investigate place in all of its dynamism and complexity: several call into question traditional constructions regarding place in Art History, while others explore the fundamental role that place plays in lived experience. The particular nexus for this collection lies at the intersection and overlap of two major subfields in the history of art: South Asia and the Islamic world, both of which are seemingly geographically determined, yet at the same time uncategorizable as place with their ever-shifting and contested borders. The eleven chapters brought together here move from the early modern through to the contemporary, and span particular monuments and locations ranging from Asia and Europe to Africa and the Americas. The chapters take on the question of place as it operates in more obvious settings, such as architectural monuments and exhibitionary contexts, while also probing the way place operates when objects move or when the very place they exist in transforms dramatically. This volume engages place through the movement of objects, the evocation of senses, desires, and memories and the on-going project of articulating the parameters of place and location.
