Aisha's cushion
Elias, Jamal J.
Aisha's cushion religious art, perception, and practice in Islam / [electronic resource] : Jamal J. Elias. - Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2012 - 1 online resource (x, 404 p.) ill.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
0674067398 (electronic bk.) 9780674067394 (electronic bk.)
Islam and art.
RELIGION / Islam / Theology
Electronic books.
BP190.5.A7 / E45 2012
297.2/67
Aisha's cushion religious art, perception, and practice in Islam / [electronic resource] : Jamal J. Elias. - Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2012 - 1 online resource (x, 404 p.) ill.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
0674067398 (electronic bk.) 9780674067394 (electronic bk.)
Islam and art.
RELIGION / Islam / Theology
Electronic books.
BP190.5.A7 / E45 2012
297.2/67
