Arts of Diplomacy : Lewis and Clark's Indian Collection

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Pub. Date: 2003-06-01
Publisher(s): Harvard Univ Pr
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Summary

"Res" is a journal of anthropology and comparative aesthetics dedicated to the study of the object, in particular cult and belief objects and objects of art. The journal presents contributions by philosophers, art historians, archaeologists, critics, linguists, architects, artists, and others. Its field of inquiry is open to all cultures, regions, and historical periods. "Res" also publishes iconographic and textual documents important to the history and theory of the arts. "Res" appears twice yearly, in the spring and autumn. The journal is edited by Francesco Pellizzi. More information about Res is available at www.res-journal.org.

Table of Contents

Editorial: What Should One Know about Islamic Art
Micrographia: Toward A Visual Logic of Persianate Painting
Signs in the Horizons: Concepts of Image and Boundary in a Medieval Persian Cosmography
Islam, Art, and Architecture in the Americas: Some Considerations of Colonial Latin America
Revisited: A Prolegomena to the Reconstruction of Perception, Devotion and Experience at the Mudeacute;jar Convent of Clarisas, Tordesillas, Spain (14th Century A.D.)
The Dialogic Dimension in Umayyad Art
Pillars, Palimpsests, and Princely Practices: Translating the Past in Sultanate Delhi
Crossing Lines: Architecture in Early Islamic South Asia
Transformation of Words to Images: Portraits of Ottoman Courtiers in the Diwans of BGke and NGdire
Interpreting the Ghazals of Hafiz Priscilla Soucek Reexploring Islamic Art: Modern and Contemporary Creation in the Arab World and Its Relation to the Artistic Past Silvia Naef Beyond Islamic Roots--Beyond Modernism
On Wings of Diesel: Spiritual Space and Religious Imagination in Pakistani Truck Decoration
Abject to Object: Colonialism Preserved Through the Imagery of Muharram
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