Beauty and Islam: Aesthetics in Islamic Art and Architecture - Hardcover

Gonzalez, Valerie

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ISBN 10: 1860646913 ISBN 13: 9781860646911

Verlag: I.B. Tauris, 2001

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"a very interesting book about Islamic art and architecture, because it goes off the beaten track... her approach is refreshing" -Gerrit Steunebrink (University of Nijmegen), Bibliotheca Orientalis

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'Beauty and Islam' explores aspects of aesthetics in classical Islamic thought in the light of contemporary theories, offering new perspectives on Islamic art and architecture with examples ranging from the Qur'an and the Alhambra to the works of present day artists and philosophers. Tracing the roots of Islamic aesthetics back to the works of the great philosophers of the Middle Ages such as Avicenna and Averroes, Valerie Gonzalez finds that aesthetic theory in Islam must be seen within the much wider context of parallel thinking on theology, ethics, physics and metaphysics.

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• Verlag: I.B. Tauris
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2001
• ISBN 10: 1860646913
• ISBN 13: 9781860646911
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 160