Autor: Sheila S. Blair

Focusing on 5 objects found in the main media at the time – ceramics, metalware, painting, architecture and textiles – Sheila S. Blair shows how artisans played with form, material and decoration to …

This book offers an extended critique of one of the main theoretical approaches to second language acquisition–the input/interaction/output school–on the grounds that it does not take sociolinguist …

A vital reference for everyone interested in Islamic inscriptions on buildings, objects and works of art. This beautifully illustrated book explains the importance of Islamic inscriptions and places …

Linda Komaroff, long-time curator of the Art of the Middle East at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), has pioneered in the study and exhibition of Islamic art to include contemporary works …

Linda Komaroff, long-time curator of the Art of the Middle East at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), has pioneered in the study and exhibition of Islamic art to include contemporary works …

Joint Winner of the 2007 British-Kuwait Friendship Society Prize for Middle Eastern Studies This stunning book is an important contribution to a key area of non-western art, being the first reference …