Painting in Islam, A Study of the Place of Pictorial Art in Muslim Culture

Thomas Arnold

Published by Gorgias Press 2002

Painting in Islam, A Study of the Place of Pictorial Art in Muslim Culture

Thomas Arnold

https://doi.org/10.31826/9781463209841

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Indicates the place of painting in the Islamic world, both in relation to those theological circles which condemned the practice of it, and to those persons who, disregarding the prohibitions of religion, consulted their own taste in encouraging it.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
PREFACE Publicly Available Download PDF	v
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
NOTES ON THE ILLUSTRATIONS Publicly Available Download PDF	xiii
I. THE ATTITUDE OF THE THEOLOGIANS OF ISLAM TOWARDS PAINTING Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
II. DIFFICULTIES IN THE WAY OF THE STUDY OF MUSLIM PAINTING Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	41
III. THE ORIGINS OF PAINTING IN THE MUSLIM WORLD Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	52
IV. THE PAINTERS AND THEIR MANNER OF WORKING Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	71
V. THE SUBJECT-MATTER OF ISLAMIC PAINTINGS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	79
VI. RELIGIOUS ART IN ISLAM Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	91
VII. BURÄQ Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	117
VIII. PORTRAITURE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	123
IX. THE EXPRESSION OF EMOTION Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	133
X. A CHAPTER OF BIOGRAPHY Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	138
APPENDIXES Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	150
INDEX OF MANUSCRIPTS Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	153
GENERAL INDEX Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	155

Language: English
Publisher: Gorgias Press
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- Main content: 0
Illustrations
- Other: 60

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Published: December 1, 2002
ISBN: 9781463209841