L'art islamique dans la collection Calouste Gulbenkian

Résumé du livre

After the presentation in 2004 at the Abu Dhabi Cultural Foundation and in 2006 at the Bait Al Zubair Museum in Oman, the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation presents, at the Palais de la Culture in Algiers, a group of fifty art pieces from several areas of Islamic Art between the late 12th and early 20th century. The selected pieces not only document the artistic production from the represented peoples, but also the refined taste of Calouste Gulbenkian. The selected works are presented in different sections: ceramics from Seljuk Persia, Syria, and Ottoman Turkey; a mosque lamp in enamelled glass from the Mamluk period; a group of illuminated manuscripts and bindings from Safavid and Qajar Persia; examples of the art of the book from Ottoman Turkey; and lacquered objects from Qajar Persia. Included in the decorative arts section, the exhibition comprises also a group of carpets produced in Safavid Persia and Ottoman Turkey, and a set of sophisticated silks and velvets made in Persia, India, Turkey and Central Asia.