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Art, allegory and the rise of Shi'ism in Iran, 1487-1565 / Chad Kia.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kia, Chad, author.
- Series:
- Edinburgh studies in classical Islamic history and culture.
- Edinburgh scholarship online.
- Edinburgh studies in classical Islamic history and culture
- Edinburgh scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Painting, Iranian--To 1500.
- Painting, Iranian.
- Painting, Iranian--16th century.
- Illumination of books and manuscripts, Iranian--Iran--History--To 1500.
- Illumination of books and manuscripts, Iranian.
- Illumination of books and manuscripts, Iranian--Iran--History--16th century.
- Sufism in art.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (314 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Edinburgh University Press 2019
- Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2020.
- Summary:
- Transforming our understanding of Persian art, this impressive interdisciplinary text decodes some of the world's most exquisite medieval paintings. It reveals the hidden meaning behind enigmatic figures and scenes that have puzzled modern scholars, focusing on five 'miniature' paintings. Chad Kia shows how the cryptic elements in these works of art from Timurid Persia conveyed the mystical teachings of Sufi poets like Rumi, Attar and Jami, and heralded one of the most significant events in the history of Islam: the takeover by the Safavids in 1501 and the conversion of Iran to Shiism.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of 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’ 135 Conclusion: The Sufi Synthesis
- Conclusion: The Sufi Synthesis
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on December 16, 2019).
- Previously issued in print: 2019.
- ISBN:
- 9781474464864
- 1474464866
- 9781474450416
- 1474450415
- 9781474450409
- 1474450407
- OCLC:
- 1306540281
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