Wonder, image, and cosmos in medieval Islam:
"This original book untangles fundamental confusions about historical relationships among Islam, representational images, and philosophy. Closely examining some of the most meaningful and best preserved premodern illustrated manuscripts of Islamic cosmographies, Persis Berlekamp refutes the ass...
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Zusammenfassung: | "This original book untangles fundamental confusions about historical relationships among Islam, representational images, and philosophy. Closely examining some of the most meaningful and best preserved premodern illustrated manuscripts of Islamic cosmographies, Persis Berlekamp refutes the assertion often made by other historians of medieval Islamic art that, while representational images did exist, they did not serve religious purposes. The author focuses on widely disseminated Islamic images of the wonders of creation, ranging from angels to human-snatching birds, and argues that these illustrated manuscripts aimed to induce wonder at God's creation, as was their stated purpose. She tracks the various ways that images advanced that purpose in the genre's formative milieu-- the century and a half following the Mongol conquest of the Islamic East in 1258. Delving into social history and into philosophical ideas relevant to manuscript and image production, Berlekamp shows that philosophy occupied an established, if controversial, position within Islam. She thereby radically reframes representational images within the history of Islam"--Publisher's description |
Beschreibung: | Paralleltitel: Wonder, image, & cosmos in medieval Islam |
Beschreibung: | 1 Online-Ressource (xi, 220 Seiten) 97 Illustrationen, Karten |
ISBN: | 0300264372 9780300264371 |
DOI: | 10.37862/aaeportal.00270 |
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spelling | Berlekamp, Persis 1968- Verfasser aut Wonder, image, and cosmos in medieval Islam Persis Berlekamp Wonder, image, & cosmos in medieval Islam New Haven Yale University Press [2011] 1 Online-Ressource (xi, 220 Seiten) 97 Illustrationen, Karten txt rdacontent c rdamedia cr rdacarrier Paralleltitel: Wonder, image, & cosmos in medieval Islam "This original book untangles fundamental confusions about historical relationships among Islam, representational images, and philosophy. Closely examining some of the most meaningful and best preserved premodern illustrated manuscripts of Islamic cosmographies, Persis Berlekamp refutes the assertion often made by other historians of medieval Islamic art that, while representational images did exist, they did not serve religious purposes. The author focuses on widely disseminated Islamic images of the wonders of creation, ranging from angels to human-snatching birds, and argues that these illustrated manuscripts aimed to induce wonder at God's creation, as was their stated purpose. She tracks the various ways that images advanced that purpose in the genre's formative milieu-- the century and a half following the Mongol conquest of the Islamic East in 1258. Delving into social history and into philosophical ideas relevant to manuscript and image production, Berlekamp shows that philosophy occupied an established, if controversial, position within Islam. She thereby radically reframes representational images within the history of Islam"--Publisher's description Qazwīnī, Zakarīyā Ibn-Muḥammad al- 1203-1283 ʿAǧāʾib al-maḫlūqāt wa-ġarāʾib al-mauǧūdāt (DE-588)4720628-7 gnd rswk-swf Geschichte 800-1450 gnd rswk-swf Art and philosophy fast Cosmography in art fast Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval fast Islamic illumination of books and manuscripts fast Islamic philosophy fast Art and philosophy / Islamic countries Cosmography in art Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval Islamic illumination of books and manuscripts Islamic philosophy Illustration (DE-588)4123412-1 gnd rswk-swf Kosmologie Motiv (DE-588)4320080-1 gnd rswk-swf Miniatur (DE-588)4170041-7 gnd rswk-swf Buchkunst (DE-588)4008648-3 gnd rswk-swf Buchmalerei (DE-588)4008650-1 gnd rswk-swf Islam (DE-588)4027743-4 gnd rswk-swf Wunder Motiv (DE-588)4482654-0 gnd rswk-swf Islamische Kunst (DE-588)4138060-5 gnd rswk-swf Buchkunst (DE-588)4008648-3 s Buchmalerei (DE-588)4008650-1 s Islamische Kunst (DE-588)4138060-5 s Kosmologie Motiv (DE-588)4320080-1 s Miniatur (DE-588)4170041-7 s Wunder Motiv (DE-588)4482654-0 s Geschichte 800-1450 z DE-604 Islam (DE-588)4027743-4 s Qazwīnī, Zakarīyā Ibn-Muḥammad al- 1203-1283 ʿAǧāʾib al-maḫlūqāt wa-ġarāʾib al-mauǧūdāt (DE-588)4720628-7 u Illustration (DE-588)4123412-1 s Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe 9780300170603 https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00270 Verlag URL des Erstveröffentlichers Volltext |
spellingShingle | Berlekamp, Persis 1968- Wonder, image, and cosmos in medieval Islam Qazwīnī, Zakarīyā Ibn-Muḥammad al- 1203-1283 ʿAǧāʾib al-maḫlūqāt wa-ġarāʾib al-mauǧūdāt (DE-588)4720628-7 gnd Art and philosophy fast Cosmography in art fast Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval fast Islamic illumination of books and manuscripts fast Islamic philosophy fast Art and philosophy / Islamic countries Cosmography in art Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval Islamic illumination of books and manuscripts Islamic philosophy Illustration (DE-588)4123412-1 gnd Kosmologie Motiv (DE-588)4320080-1 gnd Miniatur (DE-588)4170041-7 gnd Buchkunst (DE-588)4008648-3 gnd Buchmalerei (DE-588)4008650-1 gnd Islam (DE-588)4027743-4 gnd Wunder Motiv (DE-588)4482654-0 gnd Islamische Kunst (DE-588)4138060-5 gnd |
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title | Wonder, image, and cosmos in medieval Islam |
title_alt | Wonder, image, & cosmos in medieval Islam |
title_auth | Wonder, image, and cosmos in medieval Islam |
title_exact_search | Wonder, image, and cosmos in medieval Islam |
title_full | Wonder, image, and cosmos in medieval Islam Persis Berlekamp |
title_fullStr | Wonder, image, and cosmos in medieval Islam Persis Berlekamp |
title_full_unstemmed | Wonder, image, and cosmos in medieval Islam Persis Berlekamp |
title_short | Wonder, image, and cosmos in medieval Islam |
title_sort | wonder image and cosmos in medieval islam |
topic | Qazwīnī, Zakarīyā Ibn-Muḥammad al- 1203-1283 ʿAǧāʾib al-maḫlūqāt wa-ġarāʾib al-mauǧūdāt (DE-588)4720628-7 gnd Art and philosophy fast Cosmography in art fast Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval fast Islamic illumination of books and manuscripts fast Islamic philosophy fast Art and philosophy / Islamic countries Cosmography in art Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval Islamic illumination of books and manuscripts Islamic philosophy Illustration (DE-588)4123412-1 gnd Kosmologie Motiv (DE-588)4320080-1 gnd Miniatur (DE-588)4170041-7 gnd Buchkunst (DE-588)4008648-3 gnd Buchmalerei (DE-588)4008650-1 gnd Islam (DE-588)4027743-4 gnd Wunder Motiv (DE-588)4482654-0 gnd Islamische Kunst (DE-588)4138060-5 gnd |
topic_facet | Qazwīnī, Zakarīyā Ibn-Muḥammad al- 1203-1283 ʿAǧāʾib al-maḫlūqāt wa-ġarāʾib al-mauǧūdāt Art and philosophy Cosmography in art Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval Islamic illumination of books and manuscripts Islamic philosophy Art and philosophy / Islamic countries Illustration Kosmologie Motiv Miniatur Buchkunst Buchmalerei Islam Wunder Motiv Islamische Kunst |
url | https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00270 |
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