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: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| 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: |
Handbuch der Orientalistik (Section 2, volume 39)
Year: 2023 |
| Series/Journal: | Handbuch der Orientalistik South Asia ; volume 39
Section 2, volume 39 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Islamic art
/ Painting
/ Devotional picture
/ Image veneration
/ History 1500-1800
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| Further subjects: | B
Islamic miniature painting (South Asia)
Themes, motives
B Myth B Religion historians (United States) B Devotion in art B Aesthetics Religious aspects Islam B Miniature painting, Mogul Empire Themes, motives |
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Volltext (kostenfrei) Volltext (kostenfrei) |
| Rights Information: | CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 |
| Parallel Edition: | Non-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"-- Aufgrund von Annahmen über Ikonophobie im Islam hat die Wissenschaft es weitgehend versäumt, figürliche Kunstwerke für das muslimische Publikum Südasiens in die islamische Geistes- und Religionsgeschichte einzuordnen. Die in diesem Buch untersuchten Kunstwerke wurden für Menschen geschaffen, die von muslimischer Frömmigkeit und Ritualen geprägt waren. Im Mittelpunkt dieser Geschichte stehen die königlichen Mogul-Geschwister Jahanara Begum und Dara Shikoh sowie ihr spiritueller Führer Mulla Shah. Das Buch kontextualisiert unter anderem Kunstwerke, die für die kaiserlichen Geschwister geschaffen wurden, indem es sie neben ihre Schriften stellt, von denen die meisten einem englischsprachigen Leser zum ersten Mal begegnen werden. [Mit KI übersetzt] Introduction: The Need for an Ontology of Art -- Viewing the Face of a God's Friend: Conceptual and Literary Premises -- Sufi in the Garb of a Yogi: Visual and Literary Articulations of Sanctity -- Allegories, Symbols, and the "Marvelous Magic" of Imperial Mughal Painting -- "I Saw My Lord in the Form of a Beardless Youth" -- The Face of Shah ... The Face of God -- Sacred Viewing: Miraculous Gatherings and Iconic Portraits. |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Physical Description: | 1 Online-Ressource (XXV, 378 Seiten), Illustrationen, Karten |
| ISBN: | 978-90-04-54944-9 |
| Access: | Open Access |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/9789004549449 |
