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Прекрасное и утилитарное на Востоке. От докерамического неолита до искусства ислама
It would seem that beauty and utility are connected only conditionally: the beautiful must have a use
must have a use, and it is only material culture that gives this ephemeral connection a more practical meaning.
this ephemeral connection with a more practical meaning. Before aesthetics
was entitled to self-sufficiency, the existence of art objects was almost exclusively conditioned by the will of the solvent customer.
of the solvent client. Regardless of their ultimate use, these objects (from
domestic utensils to religious and mystical artefacts) were created in the name of his majesty, the Order.
majesty of the Order - in fulfilment of a predetermined purpose that had nothing to do with the freedom of the artist.
which had nothing to do with freedom of artistic expression.
The collective monograph of the Department of Art and Material Culture of the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences is devoted to the beautiful and utilitarian in the context of the Ancient East, the Great Silk Road and the art of the Muslim world.