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: 1 online resource (xiii, 184 pages) : illustrations, plans.
Schriftenreihe: Library of Middle East history v. 55
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Online Zugang: Online available
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