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Aisha's cushion [electronic resource] : religious art, perception, and practice in Islam / Jamal J. Elias.

By: Publication details: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2012Description: 1 online resource (x, 404 p.) illISBN:
  • 0674067398 (electronic bk.)
  • 9780674067394 (electronic bk.)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: No titleDDC classification:
  • 297.2/67 23
LOC classification:
  • BP190.5.A7 E45 2012
Online resources:
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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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.

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