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Tables of Contents for Prefacing the Image
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Preface
xi
Note on Dates, Transcription, and Translation
xiii
List of Figures
xv
Introduction to the Prefaces
1
17
Priorities and Perceptions in the Study of Sixteenth-Century Persian Art Historiography
5
10
Approaches and Methods in Literary Study
15
3
The Authors and Their Milieu
18
34
The Preface Authors
22
15
The Historical and Cultural Milieu
37
9
The Rise of Art Historiographic Literature
46
6
Composition and Context
52
31
Composing the Preface, Making the Album
53
9
Contexts of Use
62
21
Literary Dimensions
83
39
Organization and Sequence
88
15
Language
103
4
Recurring Themes and Images of the Album
107
8
Intertextuality and Literary Borrowings
115
7
Art in History and Practice
122
38
Before the Preface: Biographical and Historical Works, and Treatises on Calligraphy
122
11
The Album Preface: Writing Histories of Art
133
12
The Practitioner's Place in the Tradition
145
5
Judgment and Response
150
10
Lifting the Veil from the Face of Depiction: Dust Muhammad's Preface
160
49
Baysunghur and Amir Khalil: Patron and Painter
167
3
The Chest of Witnessing
170
4
Mani's Artangi Tablet
174
5
Images, Revelation, Creativity
179
30
Epilogue
209
7
Appendices
216
25
1. Description, Literature, and Recensions
216
10
2. Prefaces in Other Literary Genres
226
4
3. Master-Student Relationships
230
11
Glossary
241
8
Bibliography
249
14
Index
263