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Deborah, The 3 vol. set The Grove encyclopedia of Islamic art and architecture / edited by Jonathan M. Bloom and Sheila S. Blair, has a nice bibliography in v.3 under the heading "subject matter" ( referred from iconography!). There is the following section on p.246-247.: VIII: The Natural World; and in the bibliography a section on "Nature, Landscape, & Animals", p. 251. While I did not consult the following titles, all have an added subject heading of islamic art and symbolism: Image and meaning in Islamic art / edited by Robert Hillenbrand. London : Altajir Trust, 2005. Barry, Michael A., 1948- Figurative art in medieval Islam : and the riddle of Bihzâd of Herât (1465-1535) / Paris : Flammarion ; [New York] : Distributed in North America by Rizzoli International, 2004. Splendors of Islam : architecture, decoration, and design / by Dominique Clevenot. New York : Vendome Press, 2000. 1400 years of Islamic art : a descriptive catalogue / Géza Fehérvári & Yasin H. Safadi. London : Khalili Gallery, 1981. And from Art Abstracts: When Is a Bird a Bird? Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society v. 153 no3 (September 2009) p. 247-53 Journal Code: Proc Am Philos Soc. Abstract:The writer discusses representation and abstraction in the history of Islamic art. Focusing on artefacts in which bird-like forms and patterns can be discerned, he attempts to provide a cultural explanation for an apparent shift in Islamic art from specific representation to abstraction and then back to representation during the eighth to tenth centuries. He also considers the possibility that the discernment of representations of birds and other living things in Islamic art may have more to do with the viewer's intentions than it does with those of the artist. Also there is a great web site: Discover Islamic Art (Museum with No Frontiers) http://www.discoverislamicart.org/index.php. You can search the database by birds to retrieve images and documentation. Whether the documentation goes into matters of iconography or symbolism, I can't say. The item I happened to look at did have a long essay with bibliographic references. But I didn't read it for content. Jet Prendeville, Art/Architecture Librarian Brown Fine Arts Library, Fondren Library Rice University, Houston, TX [log in to unmask] Debby Aframe wrote: > > > > A student doing a project on Islamic art is looking for the > symbolism of birds in Islamic Art. We have many resources for > symbolism in Chinese and Japanese art, but nothing for Islamic art. > Does anyone know of any good resources? Thank you in advance for your > collective wisdom! > > Debby > > > > /Deborah Smock Aframe/ > > /Librarian/ > > / / > > WORCESTER ART MUSEUM > > 55 Salisbury Street / Worcester, MA 01609 > 508.799.4406 x3106 / www.worcesterart.org <http://www.worcesterart.org/> > > > > > > > > !DSPAM:6659,4da5ee70312669496675500! > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Mail submissions to [log in to unmask] > <mailto:[log in to unmask]> For information about joining > ARLIS/NA see: http://www.arlisna.org/join.html Send administrative > matters (file requests, subscription requests, etc) to > [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> ARLIS-L > Archives and subscription maintenance: http://lsv.arlisna.org > Questions may be addressed to list owner (Judy Dyki) at: > [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mail submissions to [log in to unmask] For information about joining ARLIS/NA see: http://www.arlisna.org/join.html Send administrative matters (file requests, subscription requests, etc) to [log in to unmask] ARLIS-L Archives and subscription maintenance: http://lsv.arlisna.org Questions may be addressed to list owner (Judy Dyki) at: [log in to unmask] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~