Aisha's Cushion : : Religious Art, Perception, and Practice in Islam / / Jamal J. Elias.
Media coverage of the Danish cartoon crisis and the destruction of the Buddhas of Bamiyan left Westerners with a strong impression that Islam does not countenance depiction of religious imagery. Jamal J. Elias corrects this view by revealing the complexity of Islamic attitudes toward representationa...
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Elias, Jamal J., author. Aisha's Cushion : Religious Art, Perception, and Practice in Islam / Jamal J. Elias. Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2012] ©2012 1 online resource : 8 halftones text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface on Abbreviations and Conventions -- Prologue: The Promise of a Meaningful Image -- 1 Representation, Resemblance, and Religion -- 2 The Icon and the Idol -- 3 Iconoclasm, Iconophobia, and Islam -- 4 Idols, Icons, and Images in Islam -- 5 Beauty, Goodness, and Wonder -- 6 Alchemy, Appearance, and Essence -- 7 Dreams, Visions, and the Imagination -- 8 Sufism and the Metaphysics of Resemblance -- 9 Words, Pictures, and Signs -- 10 Legibility, Iconicity, and Monumental Writing -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star Media coverage of the Danish cartoon crisis and the destruction of the Buddhas of Bamiyan left Westerners with a strong impression that Islam does not countenance depiction of religious imagery. Jamal J. Elias corrects this view by revealing the complexity of Islamic attitudes toward representational religious art. Aisha's Cushion emphasizes Islam's perceptual and intellectual modes and in so doing offers the reader both insight into Islamic visual culture and a unique way of seeing the world. Aisha's Cushion evaluates the controversies surrounding blasphemy and iconoclasm by exploring Islamic societies at the time of Muhammad and the birth of Islam; during early contact between Arab Muslims and Byzantine Christians; in medieval Anatolia and India; and in modern times. Elias's inquiry then goes further, to situate Islamic religious art in a global context. His comparisons with Christian, Jewish, Buddhist, and Hindu attitudes toward religious art show them to be as contradictory as those of Islam. Contemporary theories about art's place in society inform Elias's investigation of how religious objects have been understood across time and in different cultures. Elias contends that Islamic perspectives on representation and perception should be sought not only in theological writings or aesthetic treatises but in a range of Islamic works in areas as diverse as optics, alchemy, dreaming, calligraphy, literature, vehicle and home decoration, and Sufi metaphysics. Unearthing shades of meaning in Islamic thought throughout history, Elias offers fresh insight into the relations among religion, art, and perception across a broad range of cultures. Issued also in print. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019) Arts Islamic countries. Islam and art. (DE-601)106283499 (DE-588)4027743-4 Islam gnd RELIGION / Islam / General. bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter E-BOOK GESAMTPAKET / COMPLETE PACKAGE 2012 9783110288995 ZDB-23-DGG Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter E-BOOK PACKAGE THEOLOGY, JUDAISM, RELIGION 2012 9783110293845 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter E-BOOK PAKET THEOLOGIE,RELIGIONSWISS., JUDAISTIK 2012 9783110288957 ZDB-23-DGF Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP Complete eBook Package 2011-2014 9783110374889 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP eBook Package 2012 9783110374919 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP eBook Package Backlist 2000-2013 9783110442205 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP eBook Package Backlist 2000-2014 9783110459517 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP eBook Package Backlist 2000-2015 9783110662566 print 9780674058064 https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674067394 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/cover/covers/9780674067394.jpg |
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