01919cam a2200433Ma 4500 ocn818143118 OCoLC 20200709055644.0 m d cr |n| 121114s2012 maua ob 001 0 eng d YDXCP YDXCP OCLCO N$T 0674067398 (electronic bk.) 9780674067394 (electronic bk.) 9780674058064 (alk. paper) 0674058062 (alk. paper) (OCoLC)818143118 502787 (N$T) BP190.5.A7 E45 2012 REL 037060 bisacsh 297.2/67 23 N$TA Elias, Jamal J. Aisha's cushion [electronic resource] : religious art, perception, and practice in Islam / Jamal J. Elias. Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2012 1 online resource (x, 404 p.) ill. Includes bibliographical references and index. Prologue: the promise of a meaningful image -- Representation, resemblance and religion -- The icon and the idol -- Iconoclasm, iconophobia and Islam -- Idols, icons and images in Islam -- Beauty, goodness, and wonder -- Alchemy, appearance and essence -- Dreams, visions and the imagination -- Sufism and the metaphysics of resemblance -- Words, pictures and signs -- Legibility, iconicity and monumental writing. Description based on print version record. Islam and art. RELIGION / Islam / Theology bisacsh Electronic books. Print version: 9780674058064 0674058062 (DLC) 2012019627 EBSCOhost http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=502787 YBP Library Services YANK 9663356 EBSCOhost EBSC 502787 cpp1723AUTO 02 N$T 52004 52004