Beyond the Legacy of Genghis Khan

Erscheinungsjahr 2012
ISBN: 978-90-04-24340-8
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, 652 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 239 mm, Gewicht: 1009 g

This publication offers a wide-ranging account of the Mongols in western and eastern Asia in the aftermath of Genghis Khan’s disruptive invasions of the early thirteenth century, focusing on the significant cultural, social, religious and political changes that followed in their wake. The issues considered concern art, governance, diplomacy, commerce, court life, and urban culture in the Mongol world empire as originally presented at a 2003 symposium at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and now distilled in this volume. This collection of 23 papers by many of the main authorities in the field demonstrates both the scope and the depth of the current state of Mongol-related studies and will undoubtedly inspire and provoke further research. The text is profusely illustrated by 30 color and 112 black-and-white illustrations.

Contributors are: Sheila S. Blair, Jonathan M. Bloom, Devin DeWeese, Teresa Fitzherbert, Bert G. Fragner, Robert Hillenbrand, Dietrich Huff, Ralph Kauz, Linda Komaroff, Dickran Kouymjian, Mark Kramarovsky, Donald P. Little, Charles Melville, David Morgan, Bernard O'Kane, Judith Pfeiffer, George Saliba, Noriyuki Shiraishi, Marianna Shreve Simpson, Eleanor Sims, John Masson Smith Jr., Abolala Soudavar, Oliver Watson and Elaine Wright.

Zielgruppe

All those interested in area studies encompassing the Iranian world; Central Asia; Eurasia; Mongolia and Yuan Period China, as well as Islamic art.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Komaroff, Linda

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kultur- und Ideengeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction

Culture and Commerce in the Mongol World Empire (5 chapters)
Lifestyles at the Court of the Ruling Elite (4 chapters)
The Arts of the Book in Ilkhanid Iran (5 chapters)
The Arts and Artistic Interchange (4 chapters)
State and Religion in Ilkhanid Iran (4 chapters)
Concluding Remarks

Bibliography
Color Plates
Black and White Figures
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Komaroff, Linda
Linda Komaroff, Ph.D. (1984) the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University, is curator of Islamic art and department head, Art of the Middle East, at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Her publications and scholarly interests have focused primarily on the Iranian world. Her exhibitions at LACMA include The Legacy of Genghis Khan: Courtly Art and Culture in Western Asia, 1256-1353 (2003), whose related symposium provided the occasion for this book.