RT Book
T1 Aisha's cushion: religious art, perception, and practice in Islam
A1 Elias, Jamal J. 1962-
LA English
PP Cambridge, Mass. u.a.
PB Harvard Univ. Press
YR 2012
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1601229216
AB 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
NO Includes bibliographical references (p. [349]-354) and index
CN BP190.5.A7
SN 0674058062
SN 9780674058064
K1 Islam and art