03861nam 2200697Ia 450 991082036350332120200520144314.00-7914-8344-41-4237-4405-5(CKB)1000000000458759(OCoLC)76764809(CaPaEBR)ebrary10579244(SSID)ssj0000131136(PQKBManifestationID)11134488(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000131136(PQKBWorkID)10008036(PQKB)10617081(MiAaPQ)EBC3407821(OCoLC)62750455(MdBmJHUP)muse6272(Au-PeEL)EBL3407821(CaPaEBR)ebr10579244(OCoLC)923409180(DE-B1597)682483(DE-B1597)9780791483442(EXLCZ)99100000000045875920040615d2005 ub 0engurcn|||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierCosmology and architecture in premodern Islam an architectural reading of mystical ideas /Samer AkkachAlbany State University of New York Pressc20051 online resource (xxv, 262 pages) illustrationsSUNY series in IslamBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-7914-6411-3 Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-253) and index.Front Matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Note to the Reader -- Preface -- Introduction -- Abbreviations -- Discursive Order -- Metaphysical Order -- Cosmic Order -- Architectural Order -- Afterword: Architecture and Cosmic Habitat -- Notes -- List of Arabic Manuscripts Cited -- Selected Bibliography -- IndexThis fascinating interdisciplinary study reveals connections between architecture, cosmology, and mysticism. Samer Akkach demonstrates how space ordering in premodern Islamic architecture reflects the transcendental and the sublime. The book features many new translations, a number from unpublished sources, and several illustrations.Referencing a wide range of mystical texts, and with a special focus on the works of the great Sufi master Ibn Arabi, Akkach introduces a notion of spatial sensibility that is shaped by religious conceptions of time and space. Religious beliefs about the cosmos, geography, the human body, and constructed forms are all underpinned by a consistent spatial sensibility anchored in medieval geocentrism. Within this geometrically defined and ordered universe, nothing stands in isolation or ambiguity; everything is interrelated and carefully positioned in an intricate hierarchy. Through detailed mapping of this intricate order, the book shows the significance of this mode of seeing the world for those who lived in the premodern Islamic era and how cosmological ideas became manifest in the buildings and spaces of their everyday lives. This is a highly original work that provides important insights on Islamic aesthetics and culture, on the history of architecture, and on the relationship of art and religion, creativity and spirituality.SUNY series in Islam.Islamic art and symbolismSymbolism in architectureIslamic architectureIslamic cosmologySufismIslamic art and symbolism.Symbolism in architecture.Islamic architecture.Islamic cosmology.Sufism.726/.2/01Akkach Samer1153721MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910820363503321Cosmology and architecture in premodern Islam2727802UNINA