Pages of perfection : Islamic paintings and calligraphy from the Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg / written by Yuri A.Petrosyan ... [and others] ; with essays by Marie Lukens Swietochowski and Stefano Carboni
Published
Lugano, Switzerland : ARCH Foundation ; Milan : Electa, [1995]
339 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), map. ; 30 cm
Contents
Preface / Anatoli A. Sobchak -- Preface / H.R.H. King Simeon of Bulgaria -- Preface / Francesca von Habsburg, Archduchess of Austria -- Acknowledgements / Francesca von Habsburg, Archduchess of Austria -- Introduction / Yuri A. Petrosyan -- The triumph of the Qalam / Oleg F. Akimushkin, Anas B. Khalidov. Efim A. Rezvan -- The Arabic manuscripts / Stefano Carboni -- The Persian manuscripts / Marie Lukens Swietochowski -- Transliteration -- Catalogue
Notes
"An exhibition organized by the ARCH Foundation (Art Restoration for Cultural Heritage), Villa Favorita, Lugano, and the St. Petersburg branch of the Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences." -T.p. verso
Bibliography
Bibliography: pages 336-339
Notes
Catalogue of an exhibition held at the Musée du Petit Palais, Paris, 14th October 1994 - 8th January, 1995 ; Villa Favorita, Lugano, 2nd June 1995 - 12 August, 1995 and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 15th September - 10th December, 1995
