My Name is Red
- 作者
- 出版社 Everyman
- 出版时间 2010年10月
- ISBN 9781841593319
- 定价 146.60
内容简介
TheOttomanSultanhascommissionedthebestartistsinthelandtocreateabookcelebratingthegloriesofhisrealm:buthewantsthemtoilluminateitintheEuropeanstyle.BecausefigurativeartisdeemedbymanytobeanaffronttoIslam,theprojectmustbekeptsecret.Panicandscandaleruptwhenoneofthechosenminiaturistsdisappears,alongwithacrucialpageofthemanuscript.Thesurvivingartists-bitterrivalsvariouslymotivatedbypride,greed,jealousy,faithandlove-areallundersuspicionofmurder,andtheonlycluetothemysteryliesinthehalf-finishedillustrationsthemselves.MyNameisRedrevealstheclashbetweentwoviewsofartisticmeaningandthechasmbetweentwoworldcivilizations.InthisspecialeditiontheauthorincludesachronologyofIslamicandWesternarthistorytoprovidevaluablecontextforhisstory,andhascontributedafascinatingintroductionthrowinglightonhismethods,hisaimsandhisinspiration
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