Some Representations of Aristocratic Women in Islamic Art | ||||
حولية الاتحاد العام للآثاريين العرب "دراسات فى آثار الوطن العربى" | ||||
Article 149, Volume 15, Issue 1, 2012, Page 242-273 PDF (567.52 K) | ||||
Document Type: Original Article | ||||
DOI: 10.21608/cguaa.2012.37368 | ||||
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Author | ||||
Heba Saad | ||||
Associate Professor of Islamic Archeology Faculty of Tourism and Hotels | ||||
Abstract | ||||
Abstract: The main goal of the study is to investigate whether aristocratic women were represented in Islamic art or not. The study, therefore, aims to present a variety of scenes of aristocratic women from the different parts of the eastern Islamic regions ranging from the 8th to the 17th century. The scenes in which aristocratic women were the main characters will be described then analyzed in order to reveal the activities of aristocratic women in such scenes, the frequency of the scenes and their date, their materials and their meaning. In addition, the study aims to disclose the fashions of clothes and headdresses of aristocratic women that could be witnessed from the scenes. | ||||
Keywords | ||||
aristocratic women; Painting; headdresses; styles of clothes | ||||
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