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Beauty and Islam: Aesthetics in Islamic Art and Architecture

By Valerie Gonzalez

Book information

Year
2001
ISBN
1860646913, 9781860646911, 9781417562954
LCC
N6260 .G667 2001
Open Library ID
OL3971445M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1205103 bytes)
Pages
160\153
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

Five essays explore aspects of aesthetics in classical Islamic thought in 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 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. She balances her analysis of this philosophy (moral, logical, and scientific) of beauty with the equally important analysis of the perceptual experience of beauty.

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