10%OFF
Stock image for illustration purposes only - book cover, edition or condition may vary.
Islamic Aesthetics: An Introduction
Oliver Leaman
€ 37.99
€ 34.20
FREE Delivery in Ireland
Description for Islamic Aesthetics: An Introduction
Paperback. The reader is invited to view Islamic art as no more and no less than ordinary art, neither better nor worse than anything else that counts as art. It follows that there are no special techniques required in Islamic aesthetics as compared with any other form of aesthetics. Series: The New Edinburgh Islamic Surveys. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 1QFM; ABA; ACBP; JFSR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 161 x 13. Weight in Grams: 352.
Is there something unique about Islamic art? This book argues that there is not -- that Islam does not play an leading role in the aesthetic judgements that we should make about objects created in the Islamic world. It is often argued that a very special sort of consciousness went into creating Islamic art, that it is very different from other forms of art, that Muslims are not allowed to portray human beings in their art, and that calligraphy is the supreme Islamic art form. Oliver Leaman challenges all these ideas, showing them to be misguided. Instead he ... Read more
Is there something unique about Islamic art? This book argues that there is not -- that Islam does not play an leading role in the aesthetic judgements that we should make about objects created in the Islamic world. It is often argued that a very special sort of consciousness went into creating Islamic art, that it is very different from other forms of art, that Muslims are not allowed to portray human beings in their art, and that calligraphy is the supreme Islamic art form. Oliver Leaman challenges all these ideas, showing them to be misguided. Instead he ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Series
The New Edinburgh Islamic Surveys
Condition
New
Number of Pages
216
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780748617357
SKU
V9780748617357
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-10
About Oliver Leaman
Oliver Leaman is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Kentucky. He has written and edited several books on philosophy.
Reviews for Islamic Aesthetics: An Introduction
Oliver Leaman has written yet another challenging and iconoclastic work. This is a useful and imaginative project and clearly fills a need! Leaman is an accomplished and productive author and the book will be of genuine and considerable interest.
Professor Lenn E. Goodman, Vanderbilt University, Nashville Oliver Leaman is a very distinguished, internationally regarded scholar of philosophy! his profound ... Read more
Professor Lenn E. Goodman, Vanderbilt University, Nashville Oliver Leaman is a very distinguished, internationally regarded scholar of philosophy! his profound ... Read more