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A Jeweler's Glorious Taste: The Vever Collection |
| Section: THE ARTS / ART |
| Author: Katie Ziglar |
| Publication: The world & I online |
| Issue Date: 4/1/1989 |
| Size: 2,754 Words, 17,583 Characters |
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Islamic books hold immediate appeal for Western eyes. Balanced compositions with dreamlike color seem to float within mysterious, intricate borders. Exquisite patterns executed in precious materials draw the viewer in for closer examination, richly rewarded by using a magnifying glass. Script flows with an arresting, undulating grace. The bookbindings, too, are works of art; their delicately tooled leather surfaces hint of the wonders they contain. Gazing at these miniature paintings, one observes princely pastimes of the hunt, picnicking in a garden with musicians, and the weighty obligations of hearing the petitions of subjects and fighting the enemy in battle.
Thanks to the Smithsonian Institution's recent purchase of the Vever Collection of over 500 Arab, Persian, and Indian boun...
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...k, Lowry contacted the man, who turned out to be the grandson of Vever. The subsequent relationship between Vever's grandson and the Smithsonian yielded what Smithsonian Secretary Robert McCormick Adams described as "perhaps the most significant purchase in the history of the Smithsonian." In all likelihood, the collection will prove to be equally significant to the study of the Islamic book.
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