The Orient in a Mirror Michaud Roland, Michaud Sabrina
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Harry N. Abrams |
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2004 | |||||||||||||||||||
Pagine - Pages | 258 | |||||||||||||||||||
Titolo originale | The Orient in a Mirror | |||||||||||||||||||
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Lingua - language - langue | eng | |||||||||||||||||||
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The Orient in a Mirror Inspired by a series of journeys to the Middle East, photographers Roland and Sabrina Michaud offer striking testimony to the endurance of Islamic traditions with the Orient in a Mirror. Using the mirror as their motif, the Michauds pair traditional Islamic art miniatures, some of which date back several centuries, with their own photographs of the Islamic world, beautifully evoking a lasting civilization, rooted in faith and tradition. People and landscapes, souks and bazaars, beggars, children, and even warriors--the similarities of the faces, the lives and the land, nearly a thousand years apart, is uncanny. A photograph of a barber performing a "bleeding" on a client in Morocco in 1958, for example, faces a painted miniature created in Iraq in 1240 showing almost exactly the same scene. Through their pairings, the photographers provoke a fascinating interplay between past and present, between art and identity. "Placed face to face," write the Michauds, "[the pairings] complete and enrich each other mutually. They question and answer and live more intensely." Longtime travelers to the Middle East and Asia, the Michauds were drawn to the enchanting universe encapsulated in the Persian miniatures. Their photographs cover a period of nearly half a century, while the miniatures accompanying them reach back some eight hundred years. Geographically, the images cover the heart of the Muslim world, from Morocco in the west to China in the east. Further enriching the timeless feel of both photographs and painted miniatures are extracts from the Koran and The Thousand and One Nights, as well as beautiful examples of Arab calligraphy.
Consulta anche:
La mostra "L'Oriente in uno specchio", Firenze 2002
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Recensione in altra lingua (English): |
| This book, widely acclaimed on first publication over twenty years ago, is now republished in a revised and expanded form, with twice as many images. It reveals the grace, wit and strength of the Muslim world and its people, and an abiding spirit of place. | |||||||||||||||
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FLORENCE, JUNE 13 2002: SpazioFoto Credito Artigiano, the gallery located in Via De Boni 1, in Florence, is opening a photo exhibition called 'The East in a mirror', which presents a collection of photographs by French press photographers Roland and Sabrina Michaud. The event is focusing on the Islamic civilization by portraying oriental miniatures and Moslems' faces. | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Firenze, 13 GIUGNO, 2002: s'inaugura alla galleria SpazioFoto Credito Artigiano in via De Boni 1 a Firenze, "L'Oriente in uno specchio", mostra fotografica dei fotoreporter francesi Roland e Sabrina Michaud, dedicata alla civilità islamica osservata attraverso le sue miniature e i volti dei suoi abitanti. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Consulta anche: La mostra "L'Oriente in uno specchio", Firenze 2002 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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