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Faces of God : images of devotion in Indo-Muslim painting, 1500-1800 / by Murad Khan Mumtaz.
Fine Arts Library ND1337.I4 M86 2023
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mumtaz, Murad Khan, 1980- author.
- Series:
- Handbook of oriental studies. South Asia ; Section two, v. 39.
- Handbook of oriental studies. Section 2: South Asia, 0169-9377 ; volume 39
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Islamic miniature painting--South Asia--Themes, motives.
- Islamic miniature painting.
- Miniature painting, Mughal Empire--Themes, motives.
- Miniature painting, Mughal Empire.
- Devotion in art.
- Aesthetics--Religious aspects--Islam.
- Aesthetics.
- South Asia.
- Physical Description:
- xxv, 378 pages : map, color illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Other Title:
- Images of devotion in Indo-Muslim painting, 1500-1800
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2023]
- Summary:
- "Assumptions concerning iconophobia in Islam has meant that scholarship has largely failed to situate figural artworks made for South Asia's Muslim audiences within Islamic intellectual and religious histories. Artworks explored in this book were made for people shaped by Muslim devotion and ritual. Central to this story are the royal Mughal siblings, Jahanara Begum and Dara Shikoh, and their spiritual guide Mulla Shah. Among other themes, the book contextualizes artworks made for the imperial siblings by placing them next to their writings, most of which an English reading audience will encounter for the first time"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Introduction: The Need for an Ontology of Art
- Viewing the Face of a God's Friend: Conceptual and Literary Premises
- Sufi in the Garb of a Yogi: Visual and Literary Articulations of Sanctity
- Allegories, Symbols, and the "Marvelous Magic" of Imperial Mughal Painting
- "I Saw My Lord in the Form of a Beardless Youth"
- The Face of Shah ... The Face of God
- Sacred Viewing: Miraculous Gatherings and Iconic Portraits.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-350) and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Mumtaz, Murad Khan, 1980- Faces of God
- ISBN:
- 9789004548831
- 9004548831
- OCLC:
- 1380459225
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