The origins of visual culture in the Islamic tradition : aesthetics, art and architecture in early Islam

The origins of visual culture in the Islamic tradition : aesthetics, art and architecture in early Islam / Mohammed Hamdouni Alami.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Hamdouni Alami, Mohammed (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	London ; New York : I.B. Tauris, 2015.
Series:	Library of Middle East history ; v. 55.
Subjects:	Islamic art. Islamic architecture. ART > History > General. Islamic architecture Islamic art
Online Access:	Click for online access

Table of Contents:

Front cover; Author; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Illustrations; Arabic Characters; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction; 2. An Aesthetic Revolution: From Trance to Meaning-a Metamorphosis of Islamic Aesthetics; 3. The Ethics of Arts and Crafts; 4. Painting in a World of Images; 5. Stone Metaphors and Architecture's Whispers; Notes; Bibliography; Index; Back cover.