TY - BOOK AU - Elias,Jamal J. TI - Aisha's cushion: religious art, perception, and practice in Islam SN - 0674067398 (electronic bk.) AV - BP190.5.A7 E45 2012 U1 - 297.2/67 23 PY - 2012/// CY - Cambridge, Mass. PB - Harvard University Press KW - Islam and art KW - RELIGION / Islam / Theology KW - bisacsh KW - Electronic books N1 - 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 UR - http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=502787 ER -