Islamic Art of Illumination

Author: Sema Onat
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781935295822
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Islamic Art of Illumination presents an amazing mixture of classical Turkish illumination patterns and their contemporary interpretations. Sema Onat, a prominent illumination artist in Turkey, displays her incredible pieces of art, skillfully swirling her imagination together with classical Turkish Islamic patterns of illumination.

Islamic Art in Context

Author: Robert Irwin
Publisher: Prentice Hall
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 276

Book Description
Robert Irwin delves deep into the cultures of the Islamic world to survey the exquisite arts of painting, architecture, porcelain, enamel, manuscript illumination, metalwork, calligraphy, textiles, and more. Including 217 illustrations, 148 in full color, the book covers the earliest foundations of Islam through the brilliant high point of the 17th century.

The Art of the Qurʼan

Author: Massumeh Farhad
Publisher: Smithsonian Institution
ISBN: 1588345785
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 385

Book Description
Published on the occasion of the exhibition The Art of the Qur'an: Treasures from the Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts, Istanbul, held at the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Washington, D.C., October 15, 2016-February 20, 2017.

Islamic Art and Spirituality

Author: Seyyed Hossein Nasr
Publisher: SUNY Press
ISBN: 9780887061752
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 244

Book Description
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.

Jewish Book Art Between Islam and Christianity

Author: Qaṭrîn Qôǧman-Appel
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004137890
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 400

Book Description
This book discusses the decoration types of Sephardic illuminated Bibles in their broader historical, and social context in an era of cultural transition in Iberia and culture struggle within Spanish Jewry.

Islamic Design

Author: Daud Sutton
Publisher: eBook Partnership
ISBN: 1912706032
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 64

Book Description
Across the Islamic world, illuminating Korans from Morocco to Malaysia, and adorning mosques, mausoleums and palaces, are hidden some of the most exquisite geometrical devices ever conceived by man. In this excellent little book, geometer Daud Sutton unravels the mystery of Islamic patterns, explaining where they come from, how to draw them, and hinting at the Divine messages they encode. WOODEN BOOKS are small but packed with information. "e;Fascinating"e; FINANCIAL TIMES. "e;Beautiful"e; LONDON REVIEW OF BOOKS. "e;Rich and Artful"e; THE LANCET. "e;Genuinely mind-expanding"e; FORTEAN TIMES. "e;Excellent"e; NEW SCIENTIST. "e;Stunning"e; NEW YORK TIMES. Small books, big ideas.

Book of Illumination

Author: Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad Ibn ʻAṭāʼ Allāh
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781887752626
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 440

Book Description
Presenting a mystical and theological analysis of our human urge to create idols for ourselves and out of ourselves, this medieval author carefully recounts the enlightening counsels of his own masters. He is most attentive to the subtle psychological working of our human ego, marshaling resources for his Islamic tradition that can confront and overcome it. The result of desisting from claiming as our right and ability what is clearly beyond our control is illumination of the heart, clarity of the mind, and tranquility of the soul. This new translation masterfully illustrates the goal of Ibn Ata' Allah's discussion of achieving inner illumination of the heart, which is close to the sense of "enlightenment" that has become common in English language discussions of spirituality and gnosis.

A Guide to an Exhibition of Islamic Miniature Painting and Book Illumination

Author: M. S. Dimand
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781494004330
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 102

Book Description
This is a new release of the original 1933 edition.

Islamic Art and Architecture

Author: Robert Hillenbrand
Publisher: Thames & Hudson
ISBN: 9780500203057
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 288

Book Description
A guide to the architecture, calligraphy, ceramics, and other arts of Islam covers a thousand years of history and an area stretching from the Atlantic to the borders of India and China

Islam and Muslim Art

Author: Alexandre Papadopoulo
Publisher: Harry N Abrams Incorporated
ISBN:
Category : Art, Islamic.
Languages : en
Pages : 631

Book Description