Faces of God: images of devotion in Indo-Muslim painting, 1500-1800
"Assumptions concerning iconophobia in Islam has meant that scholarship has largely failed to situate figural artworks made for South Asia's Muslim audiences within Islamic intellectual and religious histories. Artworks explored in this book were made for people shaped by Muslim devotion a...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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Leiden Boston
Brill
[2023]
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| In: |
Handbook of Oriental studies (section 2, volume 39)
Year: 2023 |
| Series/Journal: | Handbook of Oriental studies South Asia ; volume 39
section 2, volume 39 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Asia
/ Islamic art
/ Book illumination
/ Piety
/ History 1500-1800
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| Further subjects: | B
Islamic miniature painting (South Asia)
Themes, motives
B Thesis B Devotion in art B Aesthetics Religious aspects Islam B Miniature painting, Mogul Empire Themes, motives |
| Parallel Edition: | Electronic
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| Summary: | "Assumptions concerning iconophobia in Islam has meant that scholarship has largely failed to situate figural artworks made for South Asia's Muslim audiences within Islamic intellectual and religious histories. Artworks explored in this book were made for people shaped by Muslim devotion and ritual. Central to this story are the royal Mughal siblings, Jahanara Begum and Dara Shikoh, and their spiritual guide Mulla Shah. Among other themes, the book contextualizes artworks made for the imperial siblings by placing them next to their writings, most of which an English reading audience will encounter for the first time"-- |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Physical Description: | XXV, 378 Seiten, Illustrationen |
| ISBN: | 978-90-04-54883-1 |
