Islamic Art And Spirituality

Author : Seyyed Hossein Nasr
Publisher : SUNY Press
ISBN 13 : 9780887061752
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Islamic Art and Spirituality written by Seyyed Hossein Nasr and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 1987-02-12 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first book in the English language to deal with the spiritual significance of Islamic art including not only the plastic arts, but also literature and music. Rather than only dealing with the history of the various arts of Islam or their description, the author relates the form, content, symbolic language, meaning, and presence of these arts to the very sources of the Islamic revelation. Relying upon his extensive knowledge of the Islamic religion in both its exoteric and esoteric dimensions as well as the various Islamic sciences, the author relates Islamic art to the inner dimensions of the Islamic revelation and the spirituality which has issued from it. He brings out the spiritual significance of the Islamic arts ranging from architecture to music as seen, heard, and experienced by one living within the universe of the Islamic tradition. In this work the reader is made to understand the meaning of Islamic art for those living within the civilization which created it.

Author : Jean-Louis Michon
Publisher : World Wisdom, Inc
ISBN 13 : 1933316519
Total Pages : 170 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Introduction to Traditional Islam, Illustrated written by Jean-Louis Michon and published by World Wisdom, Inc. This book was released on 2008 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Behind the clamorous headlines of militant and political Islam lies the more serene and cultivated form that is traditional Islam, which now is increasingly under threat from both fundamentalists and modern secularists. Author Jean-Louis Michon unveils this lesser-known dimension of Islam while capturing the essence and beauty of this often misinterpreted religion, which has over 1.5 billion adherents (about a quarter of the world's population)." "Illustrated with over 270 color photographs, Introduction to Traditional Islam is divided into four parts: 1: the foundations of Islam, which highlights the pillars of the faith as well as the traditional Islamic city and its holistic vision of life; 2: the message of Islamic art; 3: music and spirituality; and 4: the way of Sufism, the inward or mystical dimension of Islam."--BOOK JACKET.

Author : John Renard
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520917472
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Seven Doors to Islam written by John Renard and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2023-11-10 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seven Doors to Islam reveals the religious worldview and spiritual tradition of the world's one billion Muslims. Spanning the breadth of Islamic civilization from Morocco to Indonesia, this book demonstrates how Muslims have used the literary and visual arts in all their richness and diversity to communicate religious values. Each of the seven chapters opens a "door" that leads progressively closer to the very heart of Islam, from the foundational revelation in the Qur'an to the transcendent experience of the Sufi mystics. However, unlike most studies of Islam, which see spirituality as the concern of a minority of mystical seekers, Seven Doors demonstrates its central role in every aspect of the Islamic tradition.

Author : Idham Mohammed Hanash
Publisher : International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT)
ISBN 13 : 1565646967
Total Pages : 90 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Theory of Islamic Art written by Idham Mohammed Hanash and published by International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT). This book was released on 2017-01-01 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Divine oneness as the principle of beauty is perhaps quintessentially Islamic artistic expression and experience and what it celebrates. Why has Islamic art evolved as it has, what forms does it take, what is the logic underlying it? What message is the Muslim artist attempting to convey, what emotion is he seeking to evoke? This work views Islamic art as a subject of archeological study and treats its evolution as part of the historical study of art in the broader sense. At the same time, it paves the way for an epistemological shift from viewing Islamic art as a material concept having to do with beautiful rarities and relics that have grown out of Islamic cultural and artistic creativity, to a theoretical concept associated with a vision, a principle, a theory and a method. This theo-retical concept provides the intellectual and cultural foundation for a critical philosophical science of Islamic artistic beauty to which we might refer as ‘the science of Islamic art,’ or ‘the Islamic aesthetic’ that evaluates visual artistic creations in terms of both beauty and practical usefulness. In the process the study also explores orientalist misconceptions, challenging some of the premises with which it has approached Islamic art, with judgement rooted in a cultural framework alien to the spiritual perspective of Islam.

Author : Titus Burckhardt
Publisher : World Wisdom, Inc
ISBN 13 : 1933316659
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Art of Islam written by Titus Burckhardt and published by World Wisdom, Inc. This book was released on 2009 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Islam.

Author : Seyyed Hossein Nasr
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sacred Art in Persian Culture written by Seyyed Hossein Nasr and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : University Professor of Islam Studies Seyyed Hossein Nasr, PH.D.
Publisher : Kazi Publications
ISBN 13 : 9780614215809
Total Pages : 214 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Islamic Art & Spirituality written by University Professor of Islam Studies Seyyed Hossein Nasr, PH.D. and published by Kazi Publications. This book was released on 1996-12-01 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : David Talbot Rice
Publisher : Thames & Hudson
ISBN 13 : 9780500201503
Total Pages : 288 pages
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Download or read book Islamic Art written by David Talbot Rice and published by Thames & Hudson. This book was released on 1975 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The historical development of Islamic art and the variations of different geographical regions are surveyed

Author : Seyyed Hossein Nasr
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 213 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Islamic Art and Spirituality written by Seyyed Hossein Nasr and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Seyyed Hossein Nasr
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 213 pages
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Download or read book Islamic Art & Spirituality written by Seyyed Hossein Nasr and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: