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HAWAII STATE PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEM
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Elias, Jamal J.
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Islam and art.
Islamic art.
Figurative art -- Islamic countries.
Idols and images in art.
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Aisha's cushion : re...
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Aisha's cushion : religious art, perception, and practice in Islam / Jamal J. Elias.
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Elias, Jamal J.
Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2012.
Subjects
Islam and art.
Islamic art.
Figurative art -- Islamic countries.
Idols and images in art.
ISBN:
9780674058064 (alk. paper) :
0674058062 (alk. paper)
Description:
x, 404 p., 8 p. of plates : 8 ill. ; 24 cm.
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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