Word of god, art of man: The Qur'an and Its Creative Expressions: Selected Proceedings from the International Colloquium, London, 18-21 October 2003

This fully illustrated collection of essays explores creative expressions of the Qur'an in a wide range of artistic media. The contributions span four continents and cover topics from medieval coins and early illuminated copies of the Qur'an to contemporary painting. INDICE: 1: Fahmida Suleman: Introduction; Opening Reflections; 2: Oleg Grabar: 1 The Qur'an as a source of artistic inspiration; Qur'anic Calligraphyand Inscriptions in the Medieval Muslim World; 3: Doris Behrens-Abouseif: Beyond the secular and the sacred: Qur'anic inscriptions in medieval Islamic art and material culture; 4: Duncan Haldane: Arts of the 'Celestial Pen': Qur'ans from the Library of The Institute of Ismaili Studies; 5: Gülru Necipoglu: Qur'anic inscriptions on Sinan's imperial mosques: a comparison with their Safavidand Mughal counterparts; 6: Alnoor Jehangir Merchant: 'And the Word of your Lord has been fulfilled in truthfulness and righteousness': Qur'anic inscriptions on Fatimid coinage, AH 296-488/AD 909-1095; Amulets, Talismans and Magic; 7: Venetia Porter: Amulets inscribed with the names of the 'Seven Sleepers' of Ephesus in the British Museum; 8: Anne Regourd: A magic mirror in the Louvre and additional observations on the use of magic mirrors in Yemen today; 9: Marie Efthymiou: Persian glosses on a Qur'anic manuscript from Central Asia; The Qur'anic Text in Recent Times; 10: Ismaheel Akinade Jimoh: The art of Qur'anic penmanship and illumination among Muslim scholars in southwestern Nigeria; 11:Annabel Teh Gallop: The art of the Qur'an in Southeast Asia; 12: Huism Tan: Qur'anic inscriptions on woodcarvings from the Malay Peninsula; 13: Ayse Turgut: Sacred calligraphy in contemporary art; Qur'anic Inscriptions on Textiles; 14: Hülya Tezcan: Ka'ba covers and their inscriptions; 15: Miriam Ali-de-Unzaga: Qur'anic inscriptions on the so-called 'Pennon of Las Navas de Tolosa' and three Marinid banners; Final Reflections; 16: Sheila S. Blair: Written, spoken,envisioned: the many facets of the Qur'an in art

• ISBN: 978-0-19-959149-7
• Editorial: Oxford University
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 352
• Fecha Publicación: 02/09/2010
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés