In this lecture we will focus: Islamic glass work, Medieval Islamic metalwork, calligraphy, calligraphy in different cultures and traditions of the world, calligraphy in Japan, calligraphy in China, calligraphy in Persia, Arabic calligraphy. | SUMMERY OF LECTURE. 7. Before starting lecture 8 lets do the summery of our previous lecture. Islamic Art Introduction to Islamic Art History and development of Islamic Art Islamic art and links across the curriculum The segments that we have done from Islamic art in lecture 7 are. Islamic calligraphy, Islamic Painting, Islamic Carpets and Rugs. LECTURE. 8. Unit. 2 Islamic Glass work Medieval Islamic metalwork Calligraphy Calligraphy in different Cultures and traditions of the world Calligraphy in Japan Calligraphy in China Calligraphy in Persia Arabic calligraphy ISLAMIC GLASS WORK: For most of the Middle Ages Islamic glass was the most sophisticated in Eurasia, exported to both Europe and China. Islam took over much of the traditional glass-producing territory of Sasanians and Ancient Roman glass, and since figurative decoration played a small part in pre-Islamic glass, the change in style is not abrupt, 3 except that the whole area initially formed a political whole, and, for example, Persian innovations were now almost immediately taken up in Egypt. For this reason it is often impossible to distinguish between the various centres of production, of which Egypt, Syria and Persia were the most important, except by scientific analysis of the material, which itself has difficulties. From various documentary references glassmaking and glass trading seems to have been a specialty of the Jewish minority in several centres between the 8th and early 11th centuries the emphasis in luxury glass is on effects achieved by "manipulating the surface" of the glass, initially by incising into the glass on a wheel, and later by cutting away the background to leave a design in relief. The very massive Hedwig glasses, only found in Europe, but normally considered Islamic (or possibly from Muslim craftsmen in Norman Sicily), are an example of this, though puzzlingly late in date. These and other glass pieces probably represented cheaper versions of vessels of carved rock crystal . | SUMMERY OF LECTURE. 7. Before starting lecture 8 lets do the summery of our previous lecture. Islamic Art Introduction to Islamic Art History and development of Islamic Art Islamic art and links across the curriculum The segments that we have done from Islamic art in lecture 7 are. Islamic calligraphy, Islamic Painting, Islamic Carpets and Rugs. LECTURE. 8. Unit. 2 Islamic Glass work Medieval Islamic metalwork Calligraphy Calligraphy in different Cultures and traditions of the world Calligraphy in Japan Calligraphy in China Calligraphy in Persia Arabic calligraphy ISLAMIC GLASS WORK: For most of the Middle Ages Islamic glass was the most sophisticated in Eurasia, exported to both Europe and China. Islam took over much of the traditional glass-producing territory of Sasanians and Ancient Roman glass, and since figurative decoration played a small part in pre-Islamic glass, the change in style is not abrupt, 3 except that the whole area initially formed a political whole, and, for .
