Aishas Cushion - Religious Art, Perception, and Practice in Islam

Informationen zum Autor Jamal J. Elias is Class of 1965 Endowed Term Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Pennsylvania. Klappentext Westerners have a strong impression that Islam does not allow religious imagery. Elias corrects this view. Unearthing shades of meaning in Islamic thought throughout history! he argues that Islamic perspectives on representation and perception should be sought in diverse areas such as optics! alchemy! dreaming! vehicle decoration! Sufi metaphysics. Zusammenfassung Westerners have a strong impression that Islam does not allow religious imagery. Elias corrects this view. Unearthing shades of meaning in Islamic thought throughout history! he argues that Islamic perspectives on representation and perception should be sought in diverse areas such as optics! alchemy! dreaming! vehicle decoration! Sufi metaphysics.

Product details

• Authors: Jamal J. Elias, Elias Jamal J.
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.11.2012
• EAN: 9780674058064
• ISBN: 978-0-674-05806-4
• No. of pages: 432
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Plastic arts; RELIGION / General, Religion & beliefs, History of Art, Relating to Islamic / Muslim people and groups, Social groups: religious groups and communities, Religious and ceremonial art, Islamic styles