Author : Abbas Amanat
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 14,2 MB
Release : 2012
Category : History
ISBN : 0804775273
This book offers diverse debates on the possible manifestations and meanings of the term "Middle East."
Author : Balafrej Lamia Balafrej
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 32,62 MB
Release : 2019-04-01
Category : Art
ISBN : 147443746X
In the absence of a tradition of self-portraiture, how could artists signal their presence within a painting? Centred on late Timurid manuscript painting (ca. 1470-1500), this book reveals that pictures could function as the painter's delegate, charged with the task of centring and defining artistic work, even as they did not represent the artist's likeness. Influenced by the culture of the majlis, an institutional gathering devoted to intricate literary performances and debates, late Timurid painters used a number of strategies to shift manuscript painting from an illustrative device to a self-reflective object, designed to highlight the artist's imagination and manual dexterity. These strategies include visual abundance, linear precision, the incorporation of inscriptions addressing aspects of the painting and the artist's signature. Focusing on one of the most iconic manuscripts of the Persianate tradition, the Cairo Bustan made in late Timurid Herat and bearing the signatures of the painter Bihzad, this book explores Persian manuscript painting as a medium for artistic performance and self-representation, a process by which artistic authority was shaped and discussed.
Author : Nathanael ben Fayyumi
Publisher :
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 30,94 MB
Release : 1908
Category : Judaism
ISBN :
Author : Benjamin Katz
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 45,89 MB
Release : 2020-07-21
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1984588796
We belong to a gullible, partly delusional/hallucinating, self-destructive species: Homo sapiens. First, we create the conditions for global catastrophes including epidemics by following unsustainable policies, and then, as we are hit—as the COVID-19 pandemic shows—we react often too late, confused and short-sighted. Hence, we badly need a new, evolved global vision/mission to steer away from our innate and self-destructive shortcomings and flaws. This book includes two parts. Book One tells my true/legendary story with the Green Man, describing how such a vision/mission was conceived. Book Two describes a tour de force beyond Homo sapiens’s current wisdom, ultimate meaning, and fixed destiny, leading to the abovementioned new, evolved vision for a future civilization, which will focus on saving us from ourselves.
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 654 pages
File Size : 41,46 MB
Release : 1880
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Author : Saʻdī
Publisher : Brill Archive
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 17,75 MB
Release : 1974
Category : Americans
ISBN : 9789004005006
Twenty-three-year-old Dainty Prescott, indulged society girl, TCU graduate, WBFD-TV intern and last year's debutante, finally has everything she desires, until an early morning phone call from an international operator sends her life spiraling out of control. Her younger sister Teensy, who chartered a plane for Mexico with a friend after last night's Rubanbleu ball, is in critical condition in a Ciudad Juárez hospital, and her friend is missing.
Author : Saadi Shirazi
Publisher : Delphi Classics
Page : 381 pages
File Size : 44,46 MB
Release : 2019-05-13
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 1788779711
Saadi is one of the greatest figures of classical Persian literature. His best-known work of poetry is the ‘Bustan’ (The Orchard), composed entirely in epic metre and consisting of stories illustrating the standard virtues recommended to Muslims, as well as offering reflections on the behaviour of dervishes and their ecstatic practices. Saadi also wrote the ‘Gulistan’, a prose collection featuring stories and personal anecdotes. The text is interspersed with a variety of short poems, containing aphorisms, advice and humorous reflections. Saadi’s works are characterised by their unusual blend of kindness and cynicism, always wishing to avoid the hard dilemma, making him, for many, the most widely admired poet of Persian literature. The Delphi Poets Series offers readers the works of literature’s finest poets, with superior formatting. This volume presents Saadi’s collected works, with related illustrations and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1) * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Saadi’s life and works * Concise introduction to Saadi’s life and poetry * All of the major verse and prose texts of Saadi * Images of how the poetry books were first printed, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts * Excellent formatting of the poems * Easily locate the sections you want to read * Includes the rare poetry collection ‘Pand Namah’, first time in digital print * Features a bonus biography — discover Saadi’s intriguing life and poetry * Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to see our wide range of poet titles CONTENTS: The Life and Poetry of Saadi Shirazi Brief Introduction: Saadi by Epiphanius Wilson Bustan (translated by A. Hart Edwards) Pand Namah (translated by Arthur N. Wollaston) The Prose Gulistan (translated by James Ross) The Biography Introduction to Saadi by Arthur N. Wollaston Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of poetry titles or buy the entire Delphi Poets Series as a Super Set
Author : Arndt Graf
Publisher : Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 27,66 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9814279129
The process of post-tsunami recovery and reconstruction in Aceh will take considerable time and is not easy. This book is an attempt at providing helpful background information on Acehnese history, politics and culture, which would benefit expatriate aid workers as well as foreign and domestic scholars in their dealings with the people of Aceh. It is written by specialists of Indonesian and Acehnese studies from a number of countries, together with Acehnese scholars. As the region was not accessible for decades, this book represents in many aspects a new, pioneering endeavour in Acehnese studies. The chapters cover many important aspects of history, such as the female Sultanahs of Aceh, Acehs Turkish connection and the Dutch Colonial War in Aceh. The main emphasis of the book is on relevant contemporary developments in the economy, politics, Islam, and the media, as well as painting, music, and literature.
Author : Azyumardi Azra
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 14,33 MB
Release : 2004-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780824828486
Professor Azra's meticulous study, using sources from the Middle East itself, shows how scholars in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries were reconstructing the intellectual and socio-moral foundation of Muslim societies.
Author : Vladimir I. Ionesov
Publisher : Edwin Mellen Press
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 26,59 MB
Release : 2002
Category : History
ISBN : 9780773472907
A systematic analysis of the Bactrian archaeological record. The author's assessments of excavated findings aim to provide a better sense of how urban (or fortress-city) life developed out of small-scale traditional societies.
