What is 'Islamic' Art?: Between Religion and Perception

ISBN-13: 9781108474658 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 382 str.

Wendy M. K. Shaw

Opis

Investigating what is Islamic about Islamic art through analysis of the Qur'an, Hadith, Sufi texts, ancient philosophy, and a rich corpus of transcultural poetry, Shaw challenges the historicism, secularism, and regionalism of traditional art history with new means of perceiving Islamic painting, music, and geometric pattern.

Recenzje

'... a must-read for art historians, curators and students interested in the sophistication of Islamic art, historically best appreciated by educated Muslims.' Tamimi Arab Pooyan, Journal of the Association of Art History

Spis treści

List of figures; Preface; Note on transcultural communication; Introduction: from Islamic art to perceptual culture; 1. The Islamic image; 2. Seeing with the ear; 3. The insufficient image; 4. Seeing with the heart; 5. Seeing through the mirror; 6. Deceiving deception; 7. The transcendent image; 8. The transgressive image; 9. Mimetic geometries; 10. Perspectives on perspective; Conclusion: out of perspective; References; Index.