Abstract
Taking as a departure point the dual meaning of 'majlis' as the performance itself as well as the physical setting in which performance took place, this chapter discusses majlis architecture and investigates the interplay between art and architecture and social occasions that brought together men and women of differing legal status as audience, patrons, and performers. It attempts to integrate material, visual, and social aspects of musical performance in this medieval court society and to propose its centrality to the function and character of reception spaces and the material culture displayed and used in them.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Music, Sound, and Architecture in Islam |
Editors | Michael Frishkopf, Federico Spinetti |
Publisher | University of Texas Press |
Chapter | 9 |
Pages | 228-254 |
Number of pages | 27 |
ISBN (Print) | 9781477312452, 978-1-4773-1246-9 |
Publication status | Published - Mar 2018 |
Keywords / Materials (for Non-textual outputs)
- Islamic Architecture
- Islamic art
- Music performance; music perception, auditory identification, audiovisual integration, non-verbal communication.
- Islamic history
- Medieval studies
- Gender
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Glaire Anderson
- Edinburgh College of Art - Senior Lecturer in Islamic Art
- History of Art
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