Image And Meaning In Islamic Art
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Image And Meaning In Islamic Art
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Author : Robert Hillenbrand
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2005
Image And Meaning In Islamic Art written by Robert Hillenbrand and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Art categories.
Images Of Paradise In Islamic Art
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Author : Sheila Blair
language : en
Publisher: Hood Museum of Art Darmouth College
Release Date : 1991
Images Of Paradise In Islamic Art written by Sheila Blair and has been published by Hood Museum of Art Darmouth College this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991 with Art categories.
A catalog accompanying an exhibit, The here and the hereafter: images of paradise in Islamic art, organized by the Hood Museum of Art at Dartmouth College, and scheduled to travel to several museums across the US until June 1992. Includes photographs--24 in color--of tapestry, calligraphy, paintings, and ceramic and metal vessels. 121/4x91/4 Distributed by U. of Texas Press. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
What Is Islamic Art
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Author : Wendy M. K. Shaw
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2019-10-10
What Is Islamic Art written by Wendy M. K. Shaw and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-10-10 with History categories.
An alternate approach to Islamic art emphasizing literary over historical contexts and reception over production in visual arts and music.
Aisha S Cushion
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Author : Jamal J. Elias
language : en
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Release Date : 2012-11-15
Aisha S Cushion written by Jamal J. Elias and has been published by Harvard University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-11-15 with Religion categories.
Media coverage of the Danish cartoon crisis and the destruction of the Buddhas of Bamiyan left Westerners with a strong impression that Islam does not countenance depiction of religious imagery. Jamal J. Elias corrects this view by revealing the complexity of Islamic attitudes toward representational religious art. Aisha’s Cushion emphasizes Islam’s perceptual and intellectual modes and in so doing offers the reader both insight into Islamic visual culture and a unique way of seeing the world. Aisha’s Cushion evaluates the controversies surrounding blasphemy and iconoclasm by exploring Islamic societies at the time of Muhammad and the birth of Islam; during early contact between Arab Muslims and Byzantine Christians; in medieval Anatolia and India; and in modern times. Elias’s inquiry then goes further, to situate Islamic religious art in a global context. His comparisons with Christian, Jewish, Buddhist, and Hindu attitudes toward religious art show them to be as contradictory as those of Islam. Contemporary theories about art’s place in society inform Elias’s investigation of how religious objects have been understood across time and in different cultures. Elias contends that Islamic perspectives on representation and perception should be sought not only in theological writings or aesthetic treatises but in a range of Islamic works in areas as diverse as optics, alchemy, dreaming, calligraphy, literature, vehicle and home decoration, and Sufi metaphysics. Unearthing shades of meaning in Islamic thought throughout history, Elias offers fresh insight into the relations among religion, art, and perception across a broad range of cultures.
The Meaning Of Islamic Art
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Author : Khursheed Kamal Aziz
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2004
The Meaning Of Islamic Art written by Khursheed Kamal Aziz and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Art, Islamic categories.
Studies In The Islamic Decorative Arts
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Author : Robert Hillenbrand
language : en
Publisher: Pindar Press
Release Date : 2019-12-31
Studies In The Islamic Decorative Arts written by Robert Hillenbrand and has been published by Pindar Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-12-31 with Art categories.
Islamic artists channelled their energies not into easel painting and large-scale sculpture, but rather into what Western scholars, obeying a very different hierarchy of art forms, rather disparagingly term the decorative arts or even the minor arts. In point of fact, some of the greatest masterpieces of Islamic art are in the media of ceramics, metalwork, textiles, ivory and glass. Often the images they bear express a complex set of meanings, for Islam inherited much material from the iconographic systems of earlier civilizations, notably those of the ancient Near East and of the classical world. Islam also developed its own distinctive vocabulary of signs and symbols. Accordingly, questions of iconography and meaning bulk large among the studies gathered together in the present volume. These studies, written over a period of almost thirty years, and taken from a wide variety of published sources, deal with aspects of the decorative arts from Spain to India and from the 7th to the 17th century. They focus in turn upon ceramics and metalwork; on coins, carpets and calligraphy; and on carving in wood and ivory. They are arranged under three headings. The first comprises general surveys of the field covering the content of these arts and confronting the challenges they present, such as the Islamic approach to three-dimensional sculpture. The second deals with questions of iconography and meaning, while the third comprises a series of studies devoted to specific media such as ivory, woodwork and numismatics. This volume therefore offers not only a general introduction to some of the problems posed by Islamic art, but also readings of key objects in an attempt to explore their meaning; and finally, an in-depth focus on individual objects representing specific genres and media.
The Image Debate
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Author : Christiane J. Gruber
language : en
Publisher: Gingko Library
Release Date : 2019
The Image Debate written by Christiane J. Gruber and has been published by Gingko Library this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019 with ART categories.
"The images released by The Islamic State of militants smashing statues at ancient sites were a horrifying aspect of their advance across Northern Iraq and Syria during 2015-16. Their leaders justified this act of iconoclasm by arguing that such actions were divinely decreed in Islam, a notion that has remained fixed in the public consciousness. The Image Debate is a collection of thirteen essays that examine the controversy surrounding the use of images in Islamic and other religious cultures and seek to redress some of the misunderstandings that have arisen. Written by leading academics from the United States, Australia, Turkey, Israel and the United Kingdom, the book opens with an introduction by the editor Christiane Gruber, who sets the subject in context with a detailed examination of the debates over idols and the production of figural images in Islamic traditions. The book is divided into three sections: the first deals with pre-modern Islamic practices and anxieties concerned with image-making; the second addresses similar issues in Judaism, in Christianity during the Byzantine period, in pre-Islamic Iran and Central Asia, and in Hindu and Buddhist contexts in South Asia; and the third brings the reader back to Islamic lands by examining traditions of figural representation in the modern and contemporary periods." -- Publisher's website
The Experience Of Islamic Art On The Margins Of Islam
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Author : Irene A. Bierman
language : en
Publisher: ISBS
Release Date : 2005
The Experience Of Islamic Art On The Margins Of Islam written by Irene A. Bierman and has been published by ISBS this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Art categories.
This book is a collection of papers from the Giorgio Levi Della Vida Conference. It explores the meaning of Islamic art in various different contexts, beginning with its effect on those who experience the art firsthand, using as examples the mantle of Roger II of Sicily and the ceiling of the Capella Palatine, both of which are remarkable works of Islamic art used and experienced by non-Muslims.
Bible Figures In Islamic Art
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Author : Marlies Ter Borg
language : en
Publisher: Createspace Independent Pub
Release Date : 2012-08-15
Bible Figures In Islamic Art written by Marlies Ter Borg and has been published by Createspace Independent Pub this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-08-15 with Art categories.
The colorful images in this book show that we have more in common than is generally supposed. They are miniature figures well known from BIBLE AND QURAN. Adam, Noah, Moses, Mary and Jesus, and many others revered by Muslims and Christians alike. Surprising to find them rendered here by Muslim artists! Islamic art, admired for its non-figurative beauty, sometimes ventures into the figurative sphere, for educational and illustrative purposes. Tucked discreetly into books, rather than proudly displayed in mosques, they are now buried in the cellars of mainly Western museums. Reason enough to make these jewels available for the general public. For the images show not only similarities with Christian art but also fascinating differences both in content and style. Adam and Eve/Hawwa revered by angels, and then leaving Paradise on a four legged snake; the child Moses on Pharaoh's lap; King Solomon conversing with animals; Jesus on horseback raising Lazarus from the dead; finally Mary, Jesus and Moses depicted together with Muhammad; the last two with discreetly covered faces. Each image is accompanied by a short explanation and relevant Qur'anic texts. Reproductions of the images, stemming from the 16th and 17th century, admired by Christians and Muslims, have been shown in a mobile exhibition. Negotiations are underway for a full fledged exhibition with some if not all of the authentic miniatures. Compiled by Marlies ter Borg, www.marliesterborg.net marliesterborg@gmail.com author of Sharing Mary, Bible and Qur'an Side by Side Images courtesy of: The Nour Foundation, Khalili Family Trust, London The Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian, Washington D.C. The Topkapi museum, Istanbul The Wereldmuseum, Rotterdam The David Collection, Copenhagen
Enfoldment And Infinity
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Author : Laura U. Marks
language : en
Publisher: MIT Press
Release Date : 2010-08-13
Enfoldment And Infinity written by Laura U. Marks and has been published by MIT Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-08-13 with Art categories.
Tracing the connections—both visual and philosophical—between new media art and classical Islamic art. In both classical Islamic art and contemporary new media art, one point can unfold to reveal an entire universe. A fourteenth-century dome decorated with geometric complexity and a new media work that shapes a dome from programmed beams of light: both can inspire feelings of immersion and transcendence. In Enfoldment and Infinity, Laura Marks traces the strong similarities, visual and philosophical, between these two kinds of art. Her argument is more than metaphorical; she shows that the “Islamic” quality of modern and new media art is a latent, deeply enfolded, historical inheritance from Islamic art and thought. Marks proposes an aesthetics of unfolding and enfolding in which image, information, and the infinite interact: image is an interface to information, and information (such as computer code or the words of the Qur'an) is an interface to the infinite. After demonstrating historically how Islamic aesthetics traveled into Western art, Marks draws explicit parallels between works of classical Islamic art and new media art, describing texts that burst into image, lines that multiply to form fractal spaces, “nonorganic life” in carpets and algorithms, and other shared concepts and images. Islamic philosophy, she suggests, can offer fruitful ways of understanding contemporary art.