Nazar. Vision, Belief, and Perception in Islamic Cultures

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Contents Preface Notes to the Reader Figures Notes on Contributors Aperture: Terms, Concepts, and Discourse Chapter 1 Naẓar: The Seen, the Unseen, and the Unseeable Chapter 2 Naẓar, Subjectivity, and ‘The Gaze’ Part 1 The Eye of the Heart Chapter 3 Human Looking, Divine Gaze: Naẓar in Islamic Spirituality Chapter 4 Seeing with ‘The Eyes of the Heart’: dhikr and fikr as Sources of Insight in Indonesian Islamic Art Part 2 The Eye of the Mind Chapter 5 Transparency: Ibn al-Haytham’s Manāẓir and Visual Perception of Beauty Chapter 6 Veiling: Ibn al-Qaṭṭān’s Aḥkām and the Rules Concerning Seeing Part 3 Evil Eye, Talismanic Seeing Chapter 7 May the Envier’s Eye be Blind Chapter 8 Talismanic Seeing: The Induction of Power in Indonesian Zoomorphic Art Part 4 Gazing Eye, Imaginative Seeing Chapter 9 The Artist’s Gaze: Visual Representations of the Mughal Hunting Landscape Chapter 10 Vernacular Subjectivity as a Way of Seeing: Visualising Bijapur in Nujūm al-ʿUlūm and Kitāb-i-Nauras Index