Art, allegory and the rise of Shi'ism in Iran, 1487-1565 /

Transforming our understanding of Persian art, this impressive interdisciplinary book decodes some of the world's most exquisite medieval paintings.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kia, Chad (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2019.
Colección:Edinburgh studies in classical Islamic history and culture.
Temas:
To 1599
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Iranian.
Painting, Iranian > To 1500.
Painting, Iranian > 16th century.
Shīʻah > Iran > History.
Symbolism in art.
Enluminure iranienne.
Peinture iranienne > Jusqu'à 1500.
Peinture iranienne > 16e siècle.
Chiisme > Iran > Histoire.
Symbolisme dans l'art.
ART > History > Medieval.
Painting, Iranian.
Shīʻah.
Iran.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro; Art, Allegory and the Rise of Shiism in Iran, 1487-1565; Edinburgh University Press; Contents; Plates; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Coming to Terms with Meaning in Persian Painting; 1 Poetics of the Picture: Verbal Imagery and Visual Language; 2 Remaking Persian Painting: Didactic Sufism in a Timurid Manuscript; 3 The Third Station on the Path to Sufism: 'The Bearded Man Drowning'; 4 Fixed-figure Prototypes and the Symbolic Order; 5 The Culmination of a Trend: 'Depraved Man Commits Bestiality'; Conclusion: The Sufi Synthesis; Notes; Bibliography; Index

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