Painting in Islam, A Study of the Place of Pictorial Art in Muslim Culture / / Thomas Arnold.

Indicates the place of painting in the Islamic world, both in relation to those theological circles which condemned the practice of it, and to those persons who, disregarding the prohibitions of religion, consulted their own taste in encouraging it.

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Gorgias Press Backlist eBook-Package 2001-2013
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Place / Publishing House:Piscataway, NJ : : Gorgias Press, , [2002]
©2002
Year of Publication:2002
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (0 p.) :; 60
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Other title:Frontmatter --
PREFACE --
CONTENTS --
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS --
NOTES ON THE ILLUSTRATIONS --
I. THE ATTITUDE OF THE THEOLOGIANS OF ISLAM TOWARDS PAINTING --
II. DIFFICULTIES IN THE WAY OF THE STUDY OF MUSLIM PAINTING --
III. THE ORIGINS OF PAINTING IN THE MUSLIM WORLD --
IV. THE PAINTERS AND THEIR MANNER OF WORKING --
V. THE SUBJECT-MATTER OF ISLAMIC PAINTINGS --
VI. RELIGIOUS ART IN ISLAM --
VII. BURÄQ --
VIII. PORTRAITURE --
IX. THE EXPRESSION OF EMOTION --
X. A CHAPTER OF BIOGRAPHY --
APPENDIXES --
INDEX OF MANUSCRIPTS --
GENERAL INDEX
Summary:Indicates the place of painting in the Islamic world, both in relation to those theological circles which condemned the practice of it, and to those persons who, disregarding the prohibitions of religion, consulted their own taste in encouraging it.
Format:Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
ISBN:9781463209841
9783111024141
9783110663037
DOI:10.31826/9781463209841
Access:restricted access
Hierarchical level:Monograph
Statement of Responsibility: Thomas Arnold.