Treasures of the Aga Khan Museum: Arts of the Book and Calligraphy

by Margaret S. Graves

Istanbul: AKTC - Sabanci Museum.

"The opportunity for a major exhibition of the Aga Khan Museum’s holdings in the the arts of the book and calligraphy – extended to include epigraphy– arose with the Sabancı Museum’s offer to host the show within the context of 2010 – Istanbul, European Capital of Culture. This justified the effort to prepare a substantial catalogue including essays by a broad range of experts."

Genres: Art

375 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 2010

Reviews

[Horus · Rating 5 out of 5]

This lavish and oversized book is a wonderful catalogue of much of the permanent collection housed at the Aga Khan Museum. The photographs are plentiful although more close-ups would have just added to the amount of information included herein. There are many informative essays regarding the history, mainly, of khufic scripts, calligraphy and portraiture in the Islamic tradition. This book is definitely for those interested in calligraphy and illumination (there are some discussions of historical process) but certainly for all art types and middle eastern history.

[reveurdart · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent.

[reveurdart · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent.