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9780853318064

Earthly Beauty, Heavenly Art

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  • ISBN13:

    9780853318064

  • ISBN10:

    0853318069

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2000-03-01
  • Publisher: Independent Pub Group

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Summary

This stunning book, by using art as a medium, aims to give a unique insight into Islam. It contains over 300 Islamic art works of supreme beauty and quality brought together from the most distinguished international collections.

By looking at various themes such as The Palace, The Mosque and The Paradise, the reader will be led through a myriad of jeweled objects, splendid ceramics and glassware, elegant Qur'ans, textiles and prayer rugs. The fascinating text deals with various fundamental facets of Islamic art, while every object in the book is accompanied by a detailed description written by a detailed description written by the curators of the museums and collections to which they belong.

Table of Contents

Preface 9(4)
John Vrieze
Ernst W. Veen
Part I
Mikhail B. Piotrovsky
Introduction The Enigma of Islamic art
13(2)
The World of Islam
15(8)
Monotheism and ornamentation
23(10)
Iconoclasm
33(4)
Art for Everyday Life
37(12)
The Qur'an as source of all inspiration
49(4)
The language of Islamic art
53(4)
Paradise - the major theme of Islamic art
57(240)
Part II
The mosque
65(12)
Pilgrimages
77(10)
The Word
87(10)
The Qur'an
97(28)
Islamic mysticism
125(8)
The palace
133(74)
The mausoleum
207(12)
Garden and Paradise
219(78)
Bibliography 297(13)
Credits 310

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