The moon
Subtitle: a voyage through time
By: edited by Christiane Gruber
Contributors: Kim, Henry S. (Museum director), author of foreword; Aga Khan Museum (Toronto, Ont.)
Publisher: Aga Khan Museum
Published: 2019
Place of publication: Toronto, Ontario
Language: eng
Number of pages: 233
ISBN-13: 9781926473154
Subjects: Islamic arts; Exhibitions; Islamic art and symbolism; Islam and art; In art; Islamic literature; History and criticism; In literature; Islam and science; Literature
Work titles: Moon (Toronto, Ont.)
Notes: Catalogue of an exhibition held at the Aga Khan Museum from March 9 to August 18, 2019.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 226-232) and index.

Gift; Aga Khan Museum; 2019.
Table of contents: title: Visualizing the moon in the ancient Near East  -- Ömür Harmanşah; title: From timekeeper to dimmed sun : the moon's long shadow in the Qur'an and Islamic literature  -- Walid Saleh; title: The moon in science  -- Hamid Bohloul and Sonja Brentjes; title: The moon in Islamic portable arts  -- Francesca Leoni; title: "The real intention was my beloved" : the moon in Persian Sufi poetry  -- Omid Safi; title: From auspicious ornament to state symbol : the crescent moon in Ottoman art and architecture  -- Ünver Rüstem; title: Moonlight empire : lunar imagery in Mughal India  -- Yael Rice; title: Travelling crafts : the moon and science fiction in modern and contemporary Middle Eastern art -- Elizabeth Rauh.