6. The Image of the Black in Islamic Art: The Case of Painting

Bindman, David; Gates Jr., Henry Louis; Blier, Suzanne Preston

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6. The Image of the Black in Islamic Art: The Case of Painting

Robert Hillenbrand

The Image of the Black in African and Asian Art

Since one third of the world’s 1.5 billion Muslims live in Africa, it is truly remarkable that, while their place in Islamic history and society has been investigated...

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Robert Hillenbrand

PublisherHarvard University Press

Related print edition pages: pp.215-253

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00136.012

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Chapter subject tags:Islamic artOther (Philosophy) in artHuman skin color in artHuman figure in art

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List of illustrations

Miʾrajnama: evil-speakers in Hell. Heart by Unknown
By John Carlson
on Nov 30
1436
Jambière historiée (Coptic textile), Antinoë by Unknown
By John Carlson
on Nov 30
600–700 AD
Slip Painted Bowl (figural), Iran (Nishapur) by Unknown
By John Carlson
on Nov 30
900CE–1000
Slave Market. Al-Harīrī, "Makāmāt (The Assemblies)," fol. 105r by Yahyā al-Wasītī
By John Carlson
on Sep 26
1236–1237
The Negus of Abyssinia receives the Mecca envoys, fol. 52r, from Rashid al-Din, World History by Unknown
By John Carlson
on Nov 30
1314
A ruler serenaded by black musicians, p. 13, no. 1. Iran by Unknown
By John Carlson
on Nov 30
c. 1300–1400
A black man at a court reception, p. 3, Iran by Unknown
By John Carlson
on Nov 30
c. 1300–1400
Black men in a fight, leaf from Diez album, Iran by Unknown
By John Carlson
on Nov 30
c. 1300–1400
A woman approaching a bound blackman who is asleep, leaf from Diez album, Iran by Unknown
By John Carlson
on Nov 30
c. 1300–1400
Men watching a tug-of-war by Siyah Qalam
By John Carlson
on Nov 30
c. 1400–1430
Demon in Chains, Transoxiana by Unknown
By John Carlson
on Aug 22
1400–1430
A black woman flanked by two men, fol. 152r by Siyah Qalam
By John Carlson
on Nov 30
c. 1400–1430
Three seated black men by Siyah Qalam
By John Carlson
on Nov 30
c. 1400–1430
Black couple by Unknown
By John Carlson
on Nov 30
Unknown
Three old men, fol. 32v by Siyah Qalam
By John Carlson
on Nov 30
c. 1400–1430
A black man beating a horse by Unknown
By John Carlson
on Nov 30
Unknown
Dancing shamans by Unknown
By John Carlson
on Nov 30
c. 1550
Two dervishes by Siyah Qalam
By John Carlson
on Nov 30
c. 1400–1430
Two men and an old woman, fol. 90a by Siyah Qalam
By John Carlson
on Nov 30
c. 1470–1500
A black man pulling at his tongue, watched by an older man by Unknown
By John Carlson
on Nov 30
Unknown
A black man playing a stringed instrument while an onlooker claps his hands by Siyah Qalam
By John Carlson
on Nov 30
c. 1400–1430
Two men conversing by Unknown
By John Carlson
on Nov 30
Unknown
An old black man by Siyah Qalam
By John Carlson
on Nov 30
c. 1400–1430
A black man with a staff by Unknown
By John Carlson
on Nov 30
Unknown
The building of the palace of Khwarnaq, from Nizami, "Khamsa," Heart, fol. 154v by Unknown
By John Carlson
on Nov 30
1494
Bilal the Abyssinian giving the call to prayer by Unknown
By John Carlson
on Nov 30
c. 1594–1595
An Abyssinian from Ahmadnagar, Northern India by Hashim
By John Carlson
on Nov 30
c. 1630
Jahangir shooting at the head of Malik Ambar, Northern India by Abu'l-Hasan
By John Carlson
on Nov 30
1600–1630
An East African youth looking in a mirror, from Jami, "Haft Aurang," Mashhad (?) by Unknown
By John Carlson
on Nov 30
c. 1550