Religious Hybridity: East Asian Artistic Motifs in Islamicate Portrayals of Adam and Eve
This article argues that our appreciation of biblical iconography should not be confined to that inspired by Jewish-Christian traditions but should also include the rich visual heritage clearly evident in Islamic traditions and cultures. One of the distinctive features of Islamic art in Safavid Pers...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft
[2020]
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| In: |
Die Bibel in der Kunst
Year: 2020, Volume: 4, Pages: 1-30 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Iconography
/ Christianity
/ Islam
/ Adam und Eva
/ Mongols
/ Iran (Antiquity)
/ Dragon <motif> (Motif)
/ Monarchy
/ Fire
/ Fire (Motif)
/ Prophet
/ Prophetess
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| IxTheo Classification: | BJ Islam HA Bible |
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| Summary: | This article argues that our appreciation of biblical iconography should not be confined to that inspired by Jewish-Christian traditions but should also include the rich visual heritage clearly evident in Islamic traditions and cultures. One of the distinctive features of Islamic art in Safavid Persia is the exquisite iconographies of biblical figures. Under the influence of the vast Mongol empire, Islamicate biblical iconographies synthesized East Asian artistic motifs with folktales and writings of biblical progenitors drawn from Jewish-Christian traditions. Three East Asian artistic features are commonly found in Islamicate biblical iconographies, they are the Chinese dragon, the immortal realm and the flame nimbus. By tracing the use of each prominent East Asian artistic motif in two dispersed Fāl-Nāma (The Book of Omens) illustrations of Adam and Eve, and their later copies in the Stories of the Prophets (Qiṣaṣ al-anbiyā’), this article discusses how East Asian artistic motifs contribute to different interpretations of Islamicate portrayals of Adam and Eve in the early modern period. |
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