[Rarebooks] FS: The Aga Khan's Islamic Arts Collection

[Joslin Hall Rare Books]

“Spirit & Life. Masterpieces of Islamic Art from the Aga Khan Museum
Collection”

Published in Geneva by The Aga Khan Trust for Culture in 2007.

DISCUSSION: The catalog to an exhibition "of over 160 masterpieces of
Islamic art from thew Aga Khan Museum. This catalog illustrates all the
miniature paintings, manuscripts, jewellery, ceramics, wood panels and
beams, stone carvings, metal objects and other art works in the
exhibition, which spans over as thousand years of history and gives a
fascinating overview of Islamic art and culture".

The Aga Khan Museum, slated to open in 2014 in Toronto, notes on its
website- "The Aga Khan Museum will be a permanent institution with an
international scope and mission. It is dedicated to the collection,
research, preservation and display of works of art, objects and artefacts
of artistic, cultural and historical significance from various periods and
geographic areas of the Muslim world. The Museum collection contains over
one thousand artefacts and artworks and spans over one thousand years of
history. The objects – in ceramic, metalwork, stone and wood, textile and
carpet, glass and rock crystal objects, parchment and illustrated
paintings on paper – present an overview of the artistic accomplishments
of Muslim civilisations from the Iberian Peninsula to China."

DESCRIPTION: Softcover. 9.5"x11.5", 211 pages, color illustrations.

CONDITION NOTES: Minor wear, but otherwise clean and nice, with a tight
binding.

PRICE:  $125 -

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