Beauty and Islam : aesthetics in Islamic art and architecture /: aesthetics in Islamic art and architecture. (©2001)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Valérie Gonzalez.
• Other Names: Gonzalez, Valérie; Institute of Ismaili Studies.
• Contents: List of Illustrations; Foreword; Preface; Introduction; 1 Beauty and the Aesthetic Experience in Classical Arabic Thought; 2 The Aesthetics of the Solomonic Parable in the Qur'an; 3 Understanding the Comares Hall in the Light of Phenomenology; 4 Abstraction, Kinetics and Metaphor: the 'Geometries' of the Alhambra; 5 The Signifying Aesthetic System of Inscriptions in Islamic Art; Notes; Bibliography; Index.
• Publisher Details: London New York : I.B. Tauris in association with the Institute of Ismaili Studies, London Distributed in the U.S. by St. Martin's Press
• Publication Date: 2001
• Copyright Date: 2001
• Extent: 1 online resource, color illustrations
• Subjects: 709.17671; Islamic art; Islamic architecture; Aesthetics, Arab; ART -- History -- General; Aesthetics, Arab; Islamic architecture; Islamic art; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 1417562951; 9781417562954; 1860646913; 9781860646911; 1282528335; 9781282528338; 9780857710758; 0857710753
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.