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The Theory of Islamic Art Aesthetic Concept and Epistemic Structure

The Theory of Islamic Art Aesthetic Concept and Epistemic Structure

International Institute of Islamic Thought
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This work views Islamic art as a subject of archaeological study and treats its evolution as part of the historical study of art in the broader sense.  
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Divine oneness as the principle of beauty is perhaps quintessentially Islamic artistic expression and experience and what it celebrates.

  • Why has Islamic art evolved as it has, what forms does it take, what is the logic underlying it? 
  • What message is the Muslim artist attempting to convey, what emotion is he seeking to evoke?

This work views Islamic art as a subject of archaeological study and treats its evolution as part of the historical study of art in the broader sense. At the same time, it paves the way for an epistemological shift from viewing Islamic art as a material concept having to do with beautiful rarities and relics that have grown out of Islamic cultural and artistic creativity, to a theoretical concept associated with a vision, a principle, a theory and a method.

This theoretical concept provides the intellectual and cultural foundation for a critical philosophical science of Islamic artistic beauty to which we might refer as ‘the science of Islamic art,’ or ‘the Islamic aesthetic’ that evaluates visual artistic creations in terms of both beauty and practical usefulness. In the process the study also explores orientalist misconceptions, challenging some of the premises with which it has approached Islamic art, with judgement rooted in a cultural framework alien to the spiritual perspective of Islam.

 
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EAN 13 / ISBN 9781565646964
Author Idham Mohammed Hanash
Publisher International Institute of Islamic Thought
Translator Nancy N. Roberts
Pages 80
Manufacturer International Institute of Islamic Thought
Year Published 2017
Weight 0.5 lb
Width 5.9 in
Height 9 in
Depth 0.3 in

EAN 13 / ISBN 9781565646964
Author Idham Mohammed Hanash
Publisher International Institute of Islamic Thought
Translator Nancy N. Roberts
Pages 80
Manufacturer International Institute of Islamic Thought
Year Published 2017
Weight 0.5 lb
Width 5.9 in
Height 9 in
Depth 0.3 in

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