Aisha's cushion : religious art, perception, and practice in Islam / Jamal J. Elias.
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TextPublication details: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2012. Description: x, 404 p., 8 p. of plates : 8 ill. ; 24 cmISBN: 9780674058064 (alk. paper); 0674058062 (alk. paper)Subject(s): Islam and artLOC classification: BP190.5.A7 | E45 2012
Contents:
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.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [349]-354) and index.
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.
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