Figural Representation in Islam and Across the World
bys Christiane Gruber (editor), Mika Natif, Yousuf Saeed, James Bennett ...[et al.]
- Author(s)
- Mika Natif, Yousuf Saeed, James Bennett ...[et al.]
- Editor(s)
- Christiane Gruber
- Publisher, year
- London : Gingko Library, 2019
- Scope
- 240 p., illustrated, 29.5 cm.
- ISBN
- 9781909942349
The images released by Islamic State of militants smashing statues at ancient sites were a horrifying aspect of their advance across Northern Iraq and Syria during 2015-16. Their leaders justified this iconoclasm (destruction of images) by arguing that such actions were divinely decreed in Islam, a notion that has remained fixed in the public consciousness. The Image Debate is a collection of thirteen essays which examine the controversy surrounding the use of images in Islamic and other religious cultures and seek to redress some of the misunderstandings that have arisen. The main part of the book is divided into three sections: the first deals with pre-modern Islamic practices and anxieties with image-making; the second addresses similar issues in Judaism, in Christianity during the Byzantine period, in pre-Islamic Iran and Central Asia, and in Hindu and Buddhist contexts in South Asia; and the third brings the reader back to Islamic lands with five articles examining traditions of figural representation in the modern and contemporary periods.
- Location
- Expanded Space ; Global Art ; various locations
- Remarks
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