Aisha's cushion religious art, perception, and practice in Islam /
Elias, Jamal J.
Aisha's cushion religious art, perception, and practice in Islam / [Texte imprimé] : Jamal J. Elias - Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2012 - 1 vol. (X-404 p.) : couv. ill, ill. ; 24 cm
Bibliogr. p. [349]-392
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.
978-0-674-05806-4
216.7
Aisha's cushion religious art, perception, and practice in Islam / [Texte imprimé] : Jamal J. Elias - Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2012 - 1 vol. (X-404 p.) : couv. ill, ill. ; 24 cm
Bibliogr. p. [349]-392
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.
978-0-674-05806-4
216.7