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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Elias, Jamal J.     Subjects     Islam and art.     Islamic art.     Figurative art -- Islamic countries.     Idols and images in art.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Elias, Jamal J.       by title:      Aisha's cushion : re...         MARC Display

Aisha's cushion : religious art, perception, and practice in Islam / Jamal J. Elias. by 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. Requests:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Hawaii State Library Adult New Books 297.267 El missing from shelf Add Copy to MyList

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