Pearls on a string
Subtitle: artists, patrons, and poets at the great Islamic courts
By: edited by Amy S. Landau ; with contributions by Qamar Adamjee [and 15 others]
Contributors: Walters Art Museum (Baltimore, Md.); Asian Art Museum of San Francisco
Publisher: The Walters Art Museum, in association with University of Washington Press, Seattle and London
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 259
ISBN-13: 9780295995243
Subjects: Islamic civilization; Exhibitions; Arts and society
Description: "Pearls on a String presents the arts of historical Islamic cultures by focusing on specific people and relationships among cultural tastemakers, especially painters, calligraphers, poets, and their patrons. Through a series of chapters, the book spotlights certain historical moments from across the Islamic world. Each chapter pivots around patrons and their social networks. These independent sections allow different voices and perspectives to emerge, enabling the reader to see that Islamic societies are not monolithic but made up of a tapestry of individuals with distinct and varying views. Pearls on a String pays particular attention to individuals from different sectors of society, giving voice to anonymous artists and translators, merchants, and women of the harem. Islamic historical sources reinforce the book's themes of writing in Islamic societies, artistic patronage, biographical traditions, and human"--publisher.
Notes: This book is published in conjunction with the exhibition Pearls on a String: Artists, Patrons, and Poets at the Great Islamic Courts, presented at The Walters Art Museum from November 8, 2015 to January 31, 2016 and at the Asian Art Museum, San Francisco from February 26 to May 8, 2016.

Includes bibliographical references and index.