Human and Animal Representations in Fatimid Art
Author | : Eva-Maria Reick |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 120 |
Release | : 1971 |
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Author | : Eva-Maria Reick |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 120 |
Release | : 1971 |
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Author | : Mohammed Hamdouni Alami |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages | : 200 |
Release | : 2015-04-17 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 0857726501 |
In tenth-century Iraq, a group of Arab intellectuals and scholars known as the Ikhwan al-Safa began to make their intellectual mark on the society around them. A mysterious organisation, the identities of its members have never been clear. But its contribution to the intellectual thought, philosophy, art and culture of the era - and indeed subsequent ones - is evident. In the visual arts, for example, Hamdouni Alami argues that the theory of human proportions which the Ikwan al-Safa propounded (something very similar to those of da Vinci), helped shape the evolution of the philosophy of aesthetics, art and architecture in the tenth and eleventh centuries CE, in particular in Egypt under the Fatimid rulers. With its roots in Pythagorean and Neoplatonic views on the role of art and architecture, the impact of this theory of specific and precise proportion was widespread. One of the results of this extensive influence is a historic shift in the appreciation of art and architecture and their perceived role in the cultural sphere. The development of the understanding of the interplay between ethics and aesthetics resulted in a movement which emphasised more abstract and pious contemplation of art, as opposed to previous views which concentrated on the enjoyment of artistic works (such as music, song and poetry). And it is with this shift that we see the change in art forms from those devoted to supporting the Umayyad caliphs and the opulence of the Abbasids, to an art which places more emphasis on the internal concepts of 'reason' and 'spirituality'.Using the example of Fatimid art and views of architecture (including the first Fatimid mosque in al-Mahdiyya, Tunisia), Hamdouni Alami offers analysis of the debates surrounding the ethics and aesthetics of the appreciation of Islamic art and architecture from a vital time in medieval Middle Eastern history, and shows their similarity with aesthetic debates of Italian Renaissance.
Author | : Simona Cohen |
Publisher | : BRILL |
Total Pages | : 360 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9004171010 |
The relationship between medieval animal symbolism and the iconography of animals in the Renaissance has scarcely been studied. Filling a gap in this significant field of Renaissance culture, in general, and its art, in particular, this book demonstrates the continuity and tenacity of medieval animal interpretations and symbolism, disguised under the veil of genre, religious or mythological narrative and scientific naturalism. An extensive introduction, dealing with relevant medieval and early Renaissance sources, is followed by a series of case studies that illustrate ways in which Renaissance artists revived conventional animal imagery in unprecedented contexts, investing them with new meanings, on a social, political, ethical, religious or psychological level, often by applying exegetical methodology in creating multiple semantic and iconographic levels.Brill's Studies on Art, Art History, and Intellectual History, vol. 2
Author | : Jessica Rawson |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 172 |
Release | : 1977 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : |
Representations of animals in painting sculpture and drawings, from the prehistoric Lascaux caves to the masterpieces of today.
Author | : Hope B. Werness |
Publisher | : A&C Black |
Total Pages | : 502 |
Release | : 2006-01-01 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 9780826419132 |
Animals and their symbolism in diverse world cultures and different eras of human history are chronicled in this lovely volume.
Author | : Gelfer-Jørgensen |
Publisher | : BRILL |
Total Pages | : 269 |
Release | : 2023-10-09 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : 9004659498 |
Author | : René A. Bravmann |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 212 |
Release | : 1974-05-31 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9780521201926 |
Most writers have assumed that the spread of the Islamic faith has tended to weaken and undermine the foundations of traditional African society and culture. In this interesting and original study Professor Bravmann re-examines and refutes the assumption that the aniconic attitudes of Islam, especially the prohibition of representational imagery, have had a detrimental effect on the visual arts in the areas of West Africa influenced by this universalistic faith. The strength and flexibility of West African societies and their art forms is clearly revealed in the major part of this study, which is devoted to a detailed examination of the impact of Islam upon traditional art in the Cercle de Bondoukou and west central areas of Ghana. The text is illustrated with numerous photographs showing a variety of art forms and masquerades in the region.
Author | : Thomas Andrews Holland |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 304 |
Release | : 1975 |
Genre | : Animals in art |
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Author | : Anna Contadini |
Publisher | : Victoria & Albert Museum |
Total Pages | : 184 |
Release | : 1998 |
Genre | : Antiques & Collectibles |
ISBN | : |
This is an in-depth study in English of the art of the Fatimids who ruled over part of North Africa, Egypt and Syria from 969 to 1171 AD. Based on the Victoria and Albert Museum's collection, the material is arranged in four sections: ceramic, rock crystals and glass, woodwork, and textiles.
Author | : Lyombe Eko |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 315 |
Release | : 2016-04-29 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 1137550988 |
Lyombe Eko carries out an historical and cultural survey of the regulation of visual depictions of explicit human sexual conduct from their earliest appearance on the clay tablets of the valley of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers in ancient Mesopotamia, to the tablet computers of Silicon Valley. The Regulation of Sex-Themed Visual Imagery analyzes the contemporary problem of the applicability of the human right of freedom of expression to explicit imagery in the face of societal interests in the regulation of representations of human sexuality. This book will be of interest to scholars, students, and broad audiences interested in comparative studies in pornography regulation, the history of pornography, the law of pornography and obscenity, and visual culture and history alike.