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Arnold, Thomas. Painting in Islam, A Study of the Place of Pictorial Art in Muslim Culture
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| Title: | Painting in Islam, A Study of the Place of Pictorial Art in Muslim Culture | | Availability: | In Print | | Publisher: | Gorgias Press |
This book indicates the place of painting in the culture of 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 tastes in encouraging it. Contains over 60 illustrations.
Table of Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Notes on the Illustrations
- The Attitude of the Theologians of Islam towards painting
- Difficulties in the way of the study of Muslim painting
- The Origins of painting in the Muslim world
- The painters and their manner of working
- The subject-matter of Islamic paintings
- Religious art in Islam
- Buraq
- Portraiture
- The expression of emotion
- A chapter of Biography
- Index of manuscripts
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| | Arnold, Thomas. Painting in Islam, A Study of the Place of Pictorial Art in Muslim Culture | | ISBN: | 1-59333-121-5 | | Weight: | 1 LBS. | | Price: | $98.00 | | To get the 5% Gorgias BiblioPerks™ discount, simply login. | |
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