1.

Record Nr.

UNINA990004387660403321

Autore

Wien. Österreichischen Nationalbibliothek

Titolo

Der Lebenskreis der Kopten : Dokumente, Textilien Funde, Ausgrabungen : Katalog zur Ausstellung im Prunksaal der Österreichischen Nationalbibliothek mit Leihgaben des MAK Österreichisches Museum für angewandte Kunst in Wien ... 23 Mai bis 26 Oktober 1995 / zsgest. von Helmut Buschhausen, Ulrike Horak, Hermann Harrauer ; unter Mitarbeit von Monika Hasitzka, Andrea Donau ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Wien : Hollinek, 1995

ISBN

3-85119-261-3

Descrizione fisica

XX, 308 p., [36 p.] di tav. : ill. ; 30 cm

Collana

Mitteilungen aus der papyrussammlung der Österreichischen Nationalbibliothek , Neue serie ; 25

Disciplina

932.023

Locazione

FLFBC

Collocazione

932.023 MOSTRE VIENNA 1995

Lingua di pubblicazione

Tedesco

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910561699403321

Autore

Thornton, John <1963-    >

Titolo

Polibio : il politico e lo storico / John Thornton

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Roma, : Carocci, 2020

ISBN

978-88-290-0293-1

Descrizione fisica

425 p. : ill. ; 22 cm

Collana

Frecce ; 310

Disciplina

938.08

Locazione

FLFBC

FSPBC

Collocazione

920.71 THOJ 01

II M 290

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Contiene bibl. (pp. 355-388)



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910786360003321

Autore

Elias Jamal J

Titolo

Aisha's cushion [[electronic resource] ] : religious art, perception, and practice in Islam / / Jamal J. Elias

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Mass., : Harvard University Press, 2012

ISBN

0-674-07066-6

0-674-06739-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (432 p.)

Disciplina

709.1767

Soggetti

Islam and art

Arts - Islamic countries

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- 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

Sommario/riassunto

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.