| Description |
1 online resource (314 pages) |
| Series |
Edinburgh studies in classical Islamic history and culture
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Edinburgh studies in classical Islamic history and culture.
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| Contents |
Intro; Art, Allegory and the Rise of Shiism in Iran, 1487-1565; Edinburgh University Press; Contents; Plates; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Coming to Terms with Meaning in Persian Painting; 1 Poetics of the Picture: Verbal Imagery and Visual Language; 2 Remaking Persian Painting: Didactic Sufism in a Timurid Manuscript; 3 The Third Station on the Path to Sufism: 'The Bearded Man Drowning'; 4 Fixed-figure Prototypes and the Symbolic Order; 5 The Culmination of a Trend: 'Depraved Man Commits Bestiality'; Conclusion: The Sufi Synthesis; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
Transforming our understanding of Persian art, this impressive interdisciplinary book decodes some of the world's most exquisite medieval paintings. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-287) and index. |
| Access |
Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK). WlAbNL |
| Terms Of Use |
Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force. WlAbNL |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Iranian.
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Painting, Iranian -- To 1500.
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Painting, Iranian -- 16th century.
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Shīʻah -- Iran -- History.
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Symbolism in art.
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| Chronological Term |
To 1599 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Kia Chad, Chad. Art, Allegory and the Rise of Shi'ism in Iran, 1487-1565. Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, ©2019 |
| ISBN |
1474450415 |
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9781474450416 (electronic bk.) |
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9781474450386 (hardcover) |
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1474450385 (hardcover) |
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9781474450409 (epub) |
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