LEADER 03976nam 2200745Ia 450 001 9910966718903321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a9780791483442 010 $a0791483444 010 $a9781423744054 010 $a1423744055 035 $a(CKB)1000000000458759 035 $a(OCoLC)76764809 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10579244 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000131136 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11134488 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000131136 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10008036 035 $a(PQKB)10617081 035 $a(OCoLC)62750455 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse6272 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3407821 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10579244 035 $a(OCoLC)923409180 035 $a(DE-B1597)682483 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780791483442 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3407821 035 $a(Perlego)2673620 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000458759 100 $a20040615d2005 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aCosmology and architecture in premodern Islam $ean architectural reading of mystical ideas /$fSamer Akkach 210 $aAlbany $cState University of New York Press$dc2005 215 $a1 online resource (xxv, 262 pages) $cillustrations 225 1 $aSUNY series in Islam 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 08$a9780791464113 311 08$a0791464113 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 239-253) and index. 327 $tFront Matter -- $tContents -- $tIllustrations -- $tNote to the Reader -- $tPreface -- $tIntroduction -- $tAbbreviations -- $tDiscursive Order -- $tMetaphysical Order -- $tCosmic Order -- $tArchitectural Order -- $tAfterword: Architecture and Cosmic Habitat -- $tNotes -- $tList of Arabic Manuscripts Cited -- $tSelected Bibliography -- $tIndex 330 $aThis fascinating interdisciplinary study reveals connections between architecture, cosmology, and mysticism. Samer Akkach demonstrates how space ordering in premodern Islamic architecture reflects the transcendental and the sublime. The book features many new translations, a number from unpublished sources, and several illustrations.Referencing a wide range of mystical texts, and with a special focus on the works of the great Sufi master Ibn Arabi, Akkach introduces a notion of spatial sensibility that is shaped by religious conceptions of time and space. Religious beliefs about the cosmos, geography, the human body, and constructed forms are all underpinned by a consistent spatial sensibility anchored in medieval geocentrism. Within this geometrically defined and ordered universe, nothing stands in isolation or ambiguity; everything is interrelated and carefully positioned in an intricate hierarchy. Through detailed mapping of this intricate order, the book shows the significance of this mode of seeing the world for those who lived in the premodern Islamic era and how cosmological ideas became manifest in the buildings and spaces of their everyday lives. This is a highly original work that provides important insights on Islamic aesthetics and culture, on the history of architecture, and on the relationship of art and religion, creativity and spirituality. 410 0$aSUNY series in Islam. 606 $aIslamic art and symbolism 606 $aSymbolism in architecture 606 $aIslamic architecture 606 $aIslamic cosmology 606 $aSufism 615 0$aIslamic art and symbolism. 615 0$aSymbolism in architecture. 615 0$aIslamic architecture. 615 0$aIslamic cosmology. 615 0$aSufism. 676 $a726/.2/01 700 $aAkkach$b Samer$01153721 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910966718903321 996 $aCosmology and architecture in premodern Islam$92727802 997 $aUNINA