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Art and architecture in the Islamic tradition : aesthetics, politics and desire in early Islam /
What is 'art' in the sense of the Islamic tradition? Mohammed Hamdouni Alami argues that Islamic art has historically been excluded from Western notions of art; that the Western aesthetic tradition's preoccupation with the human body has meant that Islamic and Western art being percei...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London ; New York : New York :
I.B. Tauris ; Distributed in the United States and Canada by Palgrave Macmillan,
2011.
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| Colección: | Library of modern Middle East studies ;
104. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | What is 'art' in the sense of the Islamic tradition? Mohammed Hamdouni Alami argues that Islamic art has historically been excluded from Western notions of art; that the Western aesthetic tradition's preoccupation with the human body has meant that Islamic and Western art being perceived as inherently at odds. However, the move away from this 'anthropomorphic aesthetic' in Western art movements, such as modern abstract and constructivist painting, have presented the opportunity for new ways of viewing and evaluating Islamic art and architecture. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xiii, 289 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-279) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780857718815 0857718819 9780857731753 0857731750 |