ISBN:
0674058062
,
9780674058064
Language:
English
Pages:
X, 404 S.
,
Ill.
,
24 cm
Additional Information:
Rezension Renard, John New Light on Old Misunderstandings 2015
Parallel Title:
Online-Ausg. Elias, Jamal J., 1962 - Aisha's cushion
DDC:
297.2/67
Keywords:
Islam and art
;
Islam
;
Religiöse Kunst
;
Islamische Kunst
;
Islam
;
Religiöse Kunst
Abstract:
Prologue: the promise of a meaningful image -- Representation, resemblance and religion -- The icon and the idol -- Iconoclasm, iconophobia and Islam -- Idols, icons and images in Islam -- Beauty, goodness, and wonder -- Alchemy, appearance and essence -- Dreams, visions and the imagination -- Sufism and the metaphysics of resemblance -- Words, pictures and signs -- Legibility, iconicity and monumental writing
Description / Table of Contents:
Prologue: the promise of a meaningful image -- Representation, resemblance and religion -- The icon and the idol -- Iconoclasm, iconophobia and Islam -- Idols, icons and images in Islam -- Beauty, goodness, and wonder -- Alchemy, appearance and essence -- Dreams, visions and the imagination -- Sufism and the metaphysics of resemblance -- Words, pictures and signs -- Legibility, iconicity and monumental writing.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [349]-354) and index
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