LEADER 04119nam 22007451 450 001 9910969758703321 005 20121024150041.0 010 $a9786613207500 010 $a9781472548788 010 $a1472548787 010 $a9781283207508 010 $a1283207508 010 $a9781441186782 010 $a1441186786 024 7 $a10.5040/9781472548788 035 $a(CKB)2670000000106720 035 $a(EBL)742729 035 $a(OCoLC)741690698 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000526445 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11347482 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000526445 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10519903 035 $a(PQKB)10617822 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC742729 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL742729 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10867536 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL320750 035 $a(OCoLC)893335695 035 $a(UtOrBLW)bpp09255439 035 $a(UtOrBLW)BP9781472548788BC 035 $a(Perlego)806695 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000106720 100 $a20140929d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aVisualizing belief and piety in Iranian Shiism /$fIngvild Flaskerud 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aLondon ;$aNew York :$cContinuum,$d2010. 215 $a1 online resource (314 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a9781441125248 311 08$a1441125248 311 08$a9781441149077 311 08$a1441149074 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aNote on transliteration -- Preface -- Introduction -- Part I. The portrait of Imam Ali: 1. The emergence of a prototypical model and its survival -- 2. Imam Ali in Shia memory -- 3. The iconography of Imam Ali and its reception -- Part II. The battle at Karbala: 4. The battle at Karbala in Shia memory and piety -- 5. Visual Karbala narratives in Shia piety -- 6. The parcham wall hanging -- 7. Representation and reception of Karbala in colour posters -- Part III. Images and decorative designs in ritual space: 8. The image as a votive gift -- 9. Images in the liturgy of commemoration and celebration -- 10. Decorative programmes across gendered ritual space -- 11. Transposing iconography -- Conclusion: visualizing and seeing in the service of Islam. 330 $a"The representation of prophets and saints in Islam is erroneously considered nonexistent by many scholars of Islam, Muslims, and the general public. The issue is often dealt with superficially without attention to its deep roots in piety and religiosity. Visualizing Belief and Piety in Iranian Shiism offers new understanding of Islamic iconography and Muslim perspectives on the use of imageries in ritual contexts and devotional life. Combining iconographic and ethnographic approaches, Ingvild Flaskerud introduces and analyzes imageries (tile-paintings, posters and wall-hangings), ritual contexts and interviews with male and female local viewers to discuss the representation, reception and function of imageries in contemporary Iranian Shia environments. This book presents the argument that images and decorative programmes have stimulating qualities to mentally evoke the saints in the minds of devotees and inspire their recollection, transforming emotions and stimulating cultic behaviours. Visualization and seeing are significant to the dissemination of religious knowledge, the understanding of spiritual and ethical values, the promotion of personal piety, and functions as modes of venerating God and the saints."--Bloomsbury Publishing. 606 $aArt and religion$zIran 606 $aIslam and art 606 $aShi?'ah$xDoctrines 606 $2Religious subjects depicted in art 615 0$aArt and religion 615 0$aIslam and art. 615 0$aShi?'ah$xDoctrines. 676 $a297.2/67 700 $aFlaskerud$b Ingvild$01862762 801 0$bUtOrBLW 801 1$bUtOrBLW 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910969758703321 996 $aVisualizing belief and piety in Iranian Shiism$94469050 997 $aUNINA