The Middle Eastern Intellectual and Artistic Context at the Time of Ariosto
(2022)
Book Chapter
Contadini, A. (2022). The Middle Eastern Intellectual and Artistic Context at the Time of Ariosto. In M. Casari, M. Preti, & M. Wyatt (Eds.), Ariosto and the Arabs: Contexts of the Orlando Furioso (265-311). Florence, Officina Libraria
PROF Anna Contadini's Outputs (4)
Intertextual Animals: Illustrated Kalila wa-Dimna Manuscripts in Context (2022)
Book Chapter
Contadini, A. (2022). Intertextual Animals: Illustrated Kalila wa-Dimna Manuscripts in Context. In E. Brac de la Perrière, A. El Khiari, & A. Vernay-Nouri (Eds.), Le périples de Kalila et Dimna. Quand les fables voyagent dans la littérature et les arts du monde islamique (95-129). Brill. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004498143_005This article seeks to situate early Arabic illustrated Kalila wa Dimna manuscripts with regard to both text and image, and to position them within the broader context of thirteenth and fourteenth century Arab painting. The transmission of the various... Read More about Intertextual Animals: Illustrated Kalila wa-Dimna Manuscripts in Context.
A Study of the Zoomorphic Incense Burners of Medieval Khurasan, c. 441–597/1050–1200 (2022)
Thesis
Kelly, E. C. A Study of the Zoomorphic Incense Burners of Medieval Khurasan, c. 441–597/1050–1200. (Thesis). SOAS University of LondonThis thesis researches the zoomorphic incense burners (ZIBs) produced in medieval Khurasan between c.441-597/1050-1200, to understand their role, function and meaning in that multicultural environment. A database is established, with defined classifi... Read More about A Study of the Zoomorphic Incense Burners of Medieval Khurasan, c. 441–597/1050–1200.
Changing Perceptions of Middle Eastern Objects and Cultures in Eighteenth-Century Europe (2022)
Book Chapter
Contadini, A. (2022). Changing Perceptions of Middle Eastern Objects and Cultures in Eighteenth-Century Europe. In I. Dolezalek, & M. Guidetti (Eds.), Rediscovering Objects from Islamic Lands in Enlightenment Europe, Studies in Art Historiography (23-54). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003105657-3In this article, I shall discuss the changing perceptions of particular objects, the advances in scholarship that may produce such changes, and whether any such developments in scholarship can be attributable to Enlightenment thought. In post-Renaiss... Read More about Changing Perceptions of Middle Eastern Objects and Cultures in Eighteenth-Century Europe.