BARRY, Michael

Figurative Art in Medieval Islam, and the Riddle of Bihzâd of Herât (1465-1535)

Paris, Flammarion, 2004.

Large quarto, 408 pages with hundreds of illustrations (mainly in colour, many full-page).

Blue papered boards lettered in blind; front top corner and head of the rear joint a little bumped; front cover lightly rubbed and slightly bumped on two edges; bottom edge lightly marked; an excellent copy with the near-fine dustwrapper.

The 'riddle' is that Bihzâd was a figurative painter, at a time when depictions of sentient beings were (and are still) considered 'haram' or forbidden under Islamic Law.

Item #144987

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