What is "Islamic" art? : between religion and perception / Wendy M.K. Shaw.
Shaw, Wendy M. K., 1970- author.
2019
N6260 .S56 2019 (Mapit)
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Title What is "Islamic" art? : between religion and perception / Wendy M.K. Shaw.
Author Shaw, Wendy M. K., 1970- author.
ISBN 9781108474658 (hardcover)
1108474659 (hardcover)
9781108666121 (electronic book)
Published Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2019.
Language English
Description xix, 366 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 26 cm
Call Number N6260 .S56 2019
Dewey Decimal Classification 709.17/67
Summary "Revealing what is 'Islamic' in Islamic art, Shaw explores the perception of arts, including painting, music, and geometry through the discursive sphere of historical Islam including the Qur'an, Hadith, Sufism, ancient philosophy, and poetry. Emphasis on the experience of reception over the context of production enables a new approach, not only to Islam and its arts, but also as a decolonizing model for global approaches to art history. Shaw combines a concise introduction to Islamic intellectual history with a critique of the modern, secular, and European premises of disciplinary art history. Her meticulous interpretations of intertextual themes span antique philosophies, core religious and theological texts, and prominent prose and poetry in Arabic, Persian, Turkish, and Urdu that circulated across regions of Islamic hegemony from the eleventh century to the colonial and post-colonial contexts of the modern Middle East." -- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Introduction : from Islamic art to perceptual culture
The Islamic image
Seeing with the ear
The insufficient image
Seeing with the heart
Seeing through the mirror
Deceiving deception
The transcendent image
The transgressive image
Mimetic geometries
Perspectives on perspective
Conclusion : out of perspective.

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