1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910810193003321

Autore

Leaman Oliver <1950->

Titolo

Islamic aesthetics : an introduction / / Oliver Leaman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Edinburgh : , : Edinburgh University Press, , 2009

ISBN

1-4744-7017-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (220 pages)

Collana

New Edinburgh Islamic surveys

Disciplina

700.917671

Soggetti

Islam and art

Islamic arts

Aesthetics, Arab

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction -- 1. Eleven common mistakes about Islamic art -- 2. God as creator, calligraphy and symbolism -- 3. Religion, style and art -- 4. Literature -- 5. Music -- 6. Home and garden -- 7. The miraculousness of the Qur'an -- 8. Philosophy and ways of seeing -- 9. Interpreting art, interpreting Islam, interpreting philosophy -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Further reading -- Glossary -- Index of Qur'anic passages -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

GBS_insertPreviewButtonPopup('ISBN:9780748617357);Is there something unique about Islamic art? This book argues that there is not - that Islam does not play an leading role in the aesthetic judgements that we should make about objects created in the Islamic world.It is often argued that a very special sort of consciousness went into creating Islamic art, that it is very different from other forms of art, that Muslims are not allowed to portray human beings in their art, and that calligraphy is the supreme Islamic art form. Oliver Leaman challenges all these ideas, showing them to be misguided. Instead he suggests that the sort of criteria we should apply to Islamic art are identical to the criteria applicable to art in general, and that the attempt to put Islamic art into a special category is a result of orientalismKey FeaturesCriticises the influence of Sufism on Islamic aestheticsDeals with issues arising in painting, calligraphy, architecture, gardens, literature, films, and musicPays close attention to the Qur'anArgument



includes examples from history, art, philosophy, theology and the artefacts of the Islamic worldThe reader is invited to view Islamic art as no more and no less than ordinary art, neither better nor worse than anything else that counts as art. It follows that there are no special techniques required in Islamic aesthetics as compared with any other form of aesthetics."

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910890922403321

Titolo

Acta Albaruthenica

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Minsk, : VTAA "Prava i Ä—kanomika"

ISSN

2720-698X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Soggetti

Belarusian literature - History and criticism

Belarusian language

Belarusian literature - Polish influences

Belarusians - Poland

Belarusian literature

Belarusians

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

History

Periodicals.

Belarus History Periodicals

Belarus

Poland

Lingua di pubblicazione

Bielorusso

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Periodico

Note generali

"Navukovy zbornik."

Published: Warszawa : Wydawn. Energeia, <1998-2002>