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In this richly illustrated book, Oleg Grabar shares a veteran art historian's love for the sheer sensuality of ornamentation. Grabar analyzes early and medieval Islamic objects and uses this art to show how ornament in general enables a direct, immediate encounter between viewers and art objects from any culture and time period.
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The Mediation of Ornament, Oleg Grabar
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- Released
- 1995
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- Language
- English
- Authors
- Oleg Grabar
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Released
- 1995
- Format
- Paperback
- ISBN10
- 0691001561
- ISBN13
- 9780691001562
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- 3.9 out of 5
- Description
- In this richly illustrated book, Oleg Grabar shares a veteran art historian's love for the sheer sensuality of ornamentation. Grabar analyzes early and medieval Islamic objects and uses this art to show how ornament in general enables a direct, immediate encounter between viewers and art objects from any culture and time period.