The origins of visual culture in the Islamic world : aesthetics, art and architecture in early Islam

1. Verfasser: Hamdouni Alami, Mohammed , [VerfasserIn]
Ort/Verlag/Jahr: London : I.B. Tauris, 2015.
Umfang/Format: xiii, 184 pages : illustrations, plans. ; 22 cm.
Schriftenreihe: Library of Middle East history ; 62
Schlagworte:
Parallelausgabe: The origins of visual culture in the Islamic world : aesthetics, art and architecture in early Islam /(Online)
Inhaltsangabe:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. An aesthetic revolution: from trance to meaning, a metamorphosis of Islamic aesthetics
  • 3. The ethics of arts and crafts
  • 4. Painting in a world of images
  • 5. Stone metaphors and architecture's whispers