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Power and protection : Islamic art and the supernatural / Francesca Leoni ; with essays by Pierre Lory, Christiane Gruber, Francesca Leoni ; and contributions by Farouk Yahya and Venetia Porter.
Fine Arts Library N6264.G7 O94 2016
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Leoni, Francesca, 1974- author.
- Lory, Pierre, author.
- Gruber, Christiane, 1956- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ashmolean Museum--Exhibitions.
- Ashmolean Museum.
- Islamic art--Exhibitions.
- Islamic art.
- Supernatural in art--Exhibitions.
- Supernatural in art.
- Islamic civilization--Religious aspects--Exhibitions.
- Islamic civilization.
- Divination--History--Exhibitions.
- Divination.
- Exhibitions--England--Oxford.
- Exhibitions.
- History.
- England--Oxford.
- Genre:
- Exhibition catalogs.
- Physical Description:
- 104 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Ashmolean Museum, 2016.
- Summary:
- Power and Protection: Islamic Art and the Supernatural' is a ground-breaking investigation of divinatory arts in the Islamic world discussing their impact on, and expression through, material culture. This part of the Islamic tradition has hitherto received limited attention, leaving a fascinating and rich chapter of Islam's cultural production largely unexplored. Essays by three leading experts contextualise over 100 extraordinary objects produced between the twelfth and the twentieth centuries - including personal ornaments, weaponry, textiles, miniature books, and scrolls - demonstrating the currency of astrology, geomancy, bibliomancy, dream interpretation, and the science of divination through letters at all levels of society. Insights gleaned from historical sources unveil and chart the animated debates surrounding divinatory "sciences", reflecting changing attitudes towards these practices over the centuries. Thoroughly researched and richly illustrated, 'Power and Protection' offers a stimulating and accessible introduction to this topic for the general reader as well as a fresh and well-balanced account for the specialist. 0Exhibition: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK (20.10.2016-15.01.2017) / Aga Khan Museum, Toronto, Canada (Spring 2017).
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Divination and religion in Islamic medieval culture / Pierre Lory
- From prayer to protection: amulets and talismans in the Islamic world / Christiane Gruber
- Sacred words, sacred power: Qur'anic and pious phrases as souces of healing and protection / Francesca Leoni.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781910807095
- 1910807095
- OCLC:
- 944474907
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