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The Performing Arts in Medieval Islam: Shadow Play and Popular Poetry in Ibn Dāniyāl's Mamluk Cairo

The Performing Arts in Medieval Islam: Shadow Play and Popular Poetry in Ibn Dāniyāl's... Book Reviews 327 All the authors in this Festschrift have dealt with the ideas of “material” and “ideal” as considered through a diverse range of objects, from the most humble and ordinary to very opulent and sacred items. Together, all the contributors’ articles highlight the urge to move towards a multi-disciplinary approach that combines art history, archaeology and written sources in order to fully comprehend the essence of objects in their contexts. Although The Material and the Ideal aspires to present an integrated perspective, most essays are still based on iconographical research, neglecting the importance of developing a broader historical contextual picture. Stu- dents and experts of Byzantine/medieval art history will be delighted by the discus- sions proposed, while Byzantine/medieval archaeologists, on the other hand, might ask for more comparative data. Nevertheless, the volume still underlines the poten- tial of contextualised iconographic analyses, showing how objects, their image reper- tory and their repercussions can be discussed through the exploration of elaborate comparisons and associations. JOANITA VROOM and YASEMIN BAG ˘ CI Leiden University, The Netherlands j.a.c.vroom@arch.leidenuniv.nl; y.bagci@arch.leidenuniv.nl © 2014, Joanita Vroom and Yasemin Bag ˘cı http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09503110.2014.956485 The Performing Arts in Medieval Islam: Shadow Play and Popular Poetry in Ibn http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Al-Masaq: Journal of the Medieval Mediterranean Taylor & Francis

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The Performing Arts in Medieval Islam: Shadow Play and Popular Poetry in Ibn Dāniyāl's Mamluk Cairo

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Book Reviews 327 All the authors in this Festschrift have dealt with the ideas of “material” and “ideal” as considered through a diverse range of objects, from the most humble and ordinary to very opulent and sacred items. Together, all the contributors’ articles highlight the urge to move towards a multi-disciplinary approach that combines art history, archaeology and written sources in order to fully comprehend the essence of objects in their contexts. Although...
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Book Reviews 327 All the authors in this Festschrift have dealt with the ideas of “material” and “ideal” as considered through a diverse range of objects, from the most humble and ordinary to very opulent and sacred items. Together, all the contributors’ articles highlight the urge to move towards a multi-disciplinary approach that combines art history, archaeology and written sources in order to fully comprehend the essence of objects in their contexts. Although The Material and the Ideal aspires to present an integrated perspective, most essays are still based on iconographical research, neglecting the importance of developing a broader historical contextual picture. Stu- dents and experts of Byzantine/medieval art history will be delighted by the discus- sions proposed, while Byzantine/medieval archaeologists, on the other hand, might ask for more comparative data. Nevertheless, the volume still underlines the poten- tial of contextualised iconographic analyses, showing how objects, their image reper- tory and their repercussions can be discussed through the exploration of elaborate comparisons and associations. JOANITA VROOM and YASEMIN BAG ˘ CI Leiden University, The Netherlands j.a.c.vroom@arch.leidenuniv.nl; y.bagci@arch.leidenuniv.nl © 2014, Joanita Vroom and Yasemin Bag ˘cı http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09503110.2014.956485 The Performing Arts in Medieval Islam: Shadow Play and Popular Poetry in Ibn

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