1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910780275003321

Autore

Cooperson Michael

Titolo

Classical Arabic biography : the heirs of the prophets in the age of al-Maʼmūn / / Michael Cooperson [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2000

ISBN

1-107-11835-2

0-521-08854-2

0-511-15055-5

0-511-11812-0

0-511-31024-2

0-511-04885-8

0-511-49746-6

1-280-16234-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xxii, 217 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

Cambridge studies in Islamic civilization

Disciplina

909/.097671

Soggetti

Literature and history - Islamic Empire

Islamic Empire Historiography

Islamic Empire Biography History and criticism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-210) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminaries; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Note on transliteration; Note on dating systems; Glossary; CHAPTER 1 The development of the genre; CHAPTER 2 The caliph al-Ma'mun; CHAPTER 3 The Imam 'Ali al-Rida; CHAPTER 4 The Hadith-scholar Ahmad Ibn Hanbal; CHAPTER 5 The renunciant Bishr al-Hafi; Conclusions; Appendix: The circumstances of 'Ali al-Rida's death; Bibliography; Index; Titles in the series

Sommario/riassunto

Pre-modern Arabic biography has served as a major source for the history of Islamic civilization. In this 2000 study exploring the origins and development of classical Arabic biography, Michael Cooperson demonstrates how Muslim scholars used the notions of heirship and transmission to document the activities of political, scholarly and religious communities. The author also explains how medieval Arab



scholars used biography to tell the life-stories of important historical figures by examining the careers of the Abbasid Caliph al- Ma'mun, the Shiite Imam Ali al-Rida, the Sunni scholar Ahmad Ibn Hanbal and the ascetic Bishr al-Hafi, each of whom represented a tradition of political and spiritual heirship to the Prophet. Drawing on anthropology and comparative religion, as well as history and literary criticism, the book considers how each figure responded to the presence of the others and how these responses were preserved by posterity.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910298642303321

Titolo

Issues in Contemporary Oil Paint / / edited by Aviva Burnstock, Matthijs de Keijzer, Jay Krueger, Tom Learner, Alberto de Tagle, Gunnar Heydenreich, Klaas Jan van den Berg

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2014

ISBN

3-319-10100-5

Edizione

[1st ed. 2014.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (435 p.)

Disciplina

363.69

54

543

620.11

Soggetti

Analytical chemistry

Materials science

Cultural property

Spectrum analysis

Microscopy

Materials—Surfaces

Thin films

Nanotechnology

Analytical Chemistry

Characterization and Evaluation of Materials

Cultural Heritage

Spectroscopy and Microscopy

Surfaces and Interfaces, Thin Films

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese



Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

From the content: 1. 20th Century Oil Paint. The interface between science and conservation and the challenges for modern oil paint research  -- 2. Do we see what we know or do we know what we see? Conservation of oil paintings in the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam -- 3. Towards interpretation of making, meaning, and change in British 20th century oil paintings: the relevance of an artist’s paint archive -- 4. The delight of modern organic pigment creations -- 5. Modern Oil Paints – Formulations, organic additives, and degradation: some case studies -- 6. Distinction by micro-Raman spectroscopy and chemometrical analysis of copper phthalocyanine blue polymorphs in oil-based and acrylic paint samples -- 7. Charting the development of oil-based enamel paints through the correlation of historical paint technology manuals with scientific analysis -- 8. Hans Hofmann’s last lesson: a study of the artist’s materials in the last decade of his career. 9. Théorème de Gödel by Georges Mathieu, 1957. Study and restoration: consolidation through cohesive regeneration using a solvent -- 10. Non-traditionally painted oil painting: how to treat it properly? Josip Vaništa’s Cakes (1955) -- 11. Conservation Issues in Several 20th-Century Canadian Oil Paintings: The Role of Zinc Carboxylate Reaction Product -- 12. Zwei Jünglinge und Zwei Mädchen, a tempera painting by Otto Mueller, circa 1917. Paint analysis and reconstruction -- 13. Metal soaps and visual changes in a painting by René Magritte –The Menaced Assassin, 1927 -- 14. Fleurs Grises - A delicate surface. Difficult to clean - Essential to protect -- 15. Derivatisation technique for infrared spectroscopy - Characterisation of oxidative ageing products in modern oil paint. 16. Investigating fluidizing dripping pink commercial paint on Van Hemert’s Seven-series works from 1990-1995 -- 17. Hard dry paint, softening tacky paint, and exuding drips on Composition (1952) by Jean-Paul Riopelle -- 18. Zinc white and the influence of paint composition for stability in oil based media -- 19. It's surreal: zinc-oxide degradation and misperceptions in Salvador Dalí’s Couple with Clouds in their Heads, 1936 -- 20. Water Sensitive Oil Paints in the 20th Century: A study of the distribution of water-soluble degradation products in modern oil paint films -- 21. An investigation into the viability of removal of lead soap efflorescence from contemporary oil paintings -- 22. Set back the race: Treatment strategies for running oil paint -- 23. Sensitivity of modern oil paints to solvents. Effects on synthetic organic pigments -- 24. Dry Cleaning: research and practice -- 25. New Approaches to Surface Cleaning of Unvarnished Contemporary Oil Paintings - Moist Sponges and Cloths -- 26. Agar - a new tool for the surface cleaning of water sensitive oil paint? -- 27. Investigation into the surface conductivity of water-sensitive modern oil paints.

Sommario/riassunto

This volume represents 27 peer-reviewed papers presented at the ICOP 2013 symposium which will help conservators and curators recognise problems and interpret visual changes on paintings, which in turn give a more solid basis for decisions on the treatment of these paintings. The subject matter ranges from developments of paint technology, working methods of individual artists, through characterisation of paints and paint surfaces, paint degradation vs. long time stability, to observations of issues in collections, cleaning and other treatment issues as well as new conservation approaches.