The present show is rightly guarded about Tamerlane's status as " a patron of the arts of the book, " and the images in the show all date from around 35 years after his death in 1404.
22.
During the same time period, new figures appeared, influenced by the art of the book : young, elegant cupbearers, young women with curved silhouettes, or yet cypress trees entangling their branches, reminiscent of the paintings of Reza Abbasi.
23.
It accounts for some of the most astounding work ever done in the art of the book, and as the vehicle for transmitting the Koran it continues to play a crucial role in sustaining a global Islamic community.
24.
The grandest albums had specially written prefaces which are the source of a high proportion of surviving contemporary writing on the arts of the book, and the biographies of painters and calligraphers; these tended to be written by calligraphers.
25.
The manuscript has been described as " one of the finest examples of the Indo-Muslim arts of the book ", and " one of the most perfect of the " de luxe " type of manuscripts made for Akbar ".
26.
The paintings of Reza Abbasi figure largely in this new art of the book, depicting one or two larger figures, typically idealized beauties in a garden setting, often using the grisaille techniques previously used for border paintings for the background.
27.
The "'Center for Book Arts "'in New York City is the first organization of its kind in the United States dedicated to contemporary interpretations of the book as an art object while preserving traditional practices of the art of the book.
28.
Despite this it was in Ireland that the style seemed to revive in the early Christian period, to form the Insular art of the Book of Kells and other well-known masterpieces, perhaps under influence from Late Roman and post-Roman Romano-British styles.
29.
The most comprehensive content in the platform belongs to The Arts of the Book and Calligraphy Collection, and high resolution images, which enable the viewer to study all the pieces in the collection, page by page, are featured alongside with related academic researches.
30.
The cover art of the book was launched in Mumbai, by Tripathi and Johar in a ceremony, which also saw the presence of Gautam Padmanabhan, CEO of Westland Publishers, and Rashmi Pusalkar, the designer of the cover of " The Oath of the Vayuputras ".
