Art and Architecture in the Islamic Tradition

Autor*innen

• Mohammed Hamdouni Alami

Parameter

• 304 Seiten
• 11 Lesestunden

• Architektur
• Architektur & Städtebau
• Esoterik & Religion
• Kunstgeschichte
• Religion

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What is 'art' in the sense of the Islamic tradition? In this title, the author 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.

• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2013
• Einband: Paperback