Islamic aesthetics : an introduction /
"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...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Edinburgh :
Edinburgh University Press,
©2004.
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| Series: | New Edinburgh Islamic surveys.
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| Online Access: | Connect to this title online (unlimited users allowed) |
| Summary: | "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 orientalism." [Publisher's description]. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (viii, 211 pages) |
| Format: | Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 190-198) and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9781474470179 1474470173 |