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Aisha's cushion religious art, perception, and practice in Islam Jamal J. Elias
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TextLanguage: English Publication details: Cambridge, Mass. Harvard University Press 2012Description: x, 404 p., 8 p. of plates 8 ill. 24 cmISBN: - 9780674058064 (alk. paper)
- 0674058062 (alk. paper)
- 297.2/ ELI/A
Contents:
Prologue: the promise of a meaningful image -- Representation, resemblance and religion -- The icon and the idol -- Iconoclasm, iconophobia and Islam -- Idols, icons and images in Islam -- Beauty, goodness, and wonder -- Alchemy, appearance and essence -- Dreams, visions and the imagination -- Sufism and the metaphysics of resemblance -- Words, pictures and signs -- Legibility, iconicity and monumental writing.
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Prologue: the promise of a meaningful image -- Representation, resemblance and religion -- The icon and the idol -- Iconoclasm, iconophobia and Islam -- Idols, icons and images in Islam -- Beauty, goodness, and wonder -- Alchemy, appearance and essence -- Dreams, visions and the imagination -- Sufism and the metaphysics of resemblance -- Words, pictures and signs -- Legibility, iconicity and monumental writing.
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