Art, Allegory and the Rise of Shi’ism in Iran, 1487-1565 / / Chad Kia.
Explores the ways in which esoteric religion shaped the masterpieces of classical Persian paintingTransforming our understanding of Persian art, this impressive interdisciplinary book decodes some of the world’s most exquisite medieval paintings. It reveals the hidden meaning behind enigmatic figure...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Complete eBook-Package 2019 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022] ©2019 |
| Year of Publication: | 2022 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Edinburgh Studies in Classical Islamic History and Culture
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (304 p.) :; 12 colour illustrations |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Plates
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction: Coming to Terms with Meaning in Persian Painting
- 1. Poetics of the Picture: Verbal Imagery and Visual Language
- 2. Remaking Persian Painting: Didactic Sufism in a Timurid Manuscript
- 3. The Third Station on the Path to Sufism: ‘The Bearded Man Drowning’
- 4. Fixed-figure Prototypes and the Symbolic Order
- 5. The Culmination of a Trend: ‘Depraved Man Commits Bestiality’ 135 Conclusion: The Sufi Synthesis
- Conclusion: The Sufi Synthesis
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index