Baltimore: The Walters Art Museum, 2015. First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated). Large quarto in light brown multicolored DJ, white spine, gilt to front board and spine, xi, 259 pages, color illustrations; 29 cm. Extremely mild rubbing to corners, very bright pages in tight binding, medium-sized tear to DJ rear-top edge, very gentle rubbing to DJ edges, else Near Fine(+) in Very Good DJ. Hardcover. ISBN: 9780295995243Pretty color illustrations to front and rear DJ. DJ protected in archival mylar sleeve. Arts and society -- Islamic Empire -- Exhibitions. "Pearls on a String presents the arts of historical Islamic cultures by focusing on specific people and relationships among cultural tastemakers, especially painters, calligraphers, poets, and their patrons. Through a series of chapters, the book spotlights certain historical moments from across the Islamic world. Each chapter pivots around patrons and their social networks. These independent sections allow different voices and perspectives to emerge, enabling the reader to see that Islamic societies are not monolithic but made up of a tapestry of individuals with distinct and varying views. Pearls on a String pays particular attention to individuals from different sectors of society, giving voice to anonymous artists and translators, merchants, and women of the harem. Islamic historical sources reinforce the book's themes of writing in Islamic societies, artistic patronage, biographical traditions, and human"--Publisher. Contents: Introduction / Amy S. Landau -- Public works and public lives: biographical sources for patrons, writers, and artists in the premodern Islamicate world / Paul Losensky -- What do inscriptions on objects do? Beyond calligraphy and textual history / Avinoam Shalem -- Transcultural trends, personal desires, and collective agendas / Sussan Babaie -- Great ladies and noble daughters: ivories and women in the Umayyad Court at Córdoba / Glaire D. Anderson, Mariam Rosser-Owen -- Administering art, history, and science in the Mongol Empire: Rashid al-Din and Bolad Chengxiang / Persis Berlekamp, Vivienne Lo, Wang Yidan -- Al-Nasir Muhammad and the formation of the Qalawunid State / Willem Flinterman, Jo Van Steenbergen -- Art and literature in Timurid Herat, 1469-1506: the life and times of Sultan 'Ali Mashhadi / David J. Roxburgh -- Reimagining the "Idol Temple of Hindustan": textual and visual translation of Sanskrit texts in Mughal India / Qamar Adamjee, Audrey Truschke -- Man, mode, and myth: Muhammad Zaman ibn Haji Yusuf / Amy S. Landau -- Armed and splendorous: the jeweled gun of Sultan Mahmud I / Bora Keskiner, Unver Rüstem, Tim Stanley.
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