Aisha's cushion: religious art, perception, and practice in Islam
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 -- Sufis...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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Cambridge, Mass. [u.a.]
Harvard Univ. Press
2012
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| In: | Year: 2012 |
| Reviews: | New Light on Old Misunderstandings (2015) (Renard, John)
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Islam
/ Religious art
B Islamic art |
| Further subjects: | B
Islam and art
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| Parallel Edition: | Electronic
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| Summary: | 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 |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [349]-354) and index |
| Physical Description: | X, 404 S., Ill., 24 cm |
| ISBN: | 0674058062 |