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Islamic art is often misrepresented as an iconophobic tradition. As a result of this assumption, the polyvalence of figural artworks made for South Asian Muslim audiences has remained hidden in plain view. This book situates manuscript illustrations and album paintings within cultures of devotion an...

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spelling oapen-20.500.12657-879132024-03-28T14:03:22Z Faces of God Mumtaz, Murad Khan book of history cosmology Dara Shikoh Delhi history Indo-Persian Islamicate Jahanara Begum Lahore Mughal Mughal art Mughal Art History Persian Persianate Shah Jahan South Asia Sufism thema EDItEUR::A The Arts::AG The Arts: treatments and subjects::AGR Religious and ceremonial art thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QR Religion and beliefs::QRP Islam::QRPB Islam: branches and groups::QRPB4 Islamic groups: Sufis thema EDItEUR::Q Philosophy and Religion::QR Religion and beliefs::QRV Aspects of religion::QRVK Spirituality and religious experience::QRVK2 Mysticism thema EDItEUR::1 Place qualifiers::1F Asia::1FK South Asia (Indian sub-continent) thema EDItEUR::3 Time period qualifiers::3M c 1500 onwards to present day Islamic art is often misrepresented as an iconophobic tradition. As a result of this assumption, the polyvalence of figural artworks made for South Asian Muslim audiences has remained hidden in plain view. This book situates manuscript illustrations and album paintings within cultures of devotion and ritual shaped by Islamic intellectual and religious histories. Central to this story are the Mughal siblings, Jahanara Begum and Dara Shikoh, and their Sufi guide Mulla Shah. Through detailed art historical analysis supported by new translations, this study contextualizes artworks made for Indo-Muslim patrons by putting them into direct dialogue with written testimonies. 2024-02-23T14:18:14Z 2024-02-23T14:18:14Z 2023 book ONIX_20240223_9789004549449_4 9789004549449 9789004548831 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/87913 eng application/pdf n/a 9789004549449.pdf https://brill.com/display/title/65073 Brill 10.1163/9789004549449 10.1163/9789004549449 af16fd4b-42a1-46ed-82e8-c5e880252026 f24be4f1-d45c-47b0-8058-57e379e4d85d 64a52e8f-f760-4215-bec0-db82f7f12f57 9789004549449 9789004548831 [...] [...] open access
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description Islamic art is often misrepresented as an iconophobic tradition. As a result of this assumption, the polyvalence of figural artworks made for South Asian Muslim audiences has remained hidden in plain view. This book situates manuscript illustrations and album paintings within cultures of devotion and ritual shaped by Islamic intellectual and religious histories. Central to this story are the Mughal siblings, Jahanara Begum and Dara Shikoh, and their Sufi guide Mulla Shah. Through detailed art historical analysis supported by new translations, this study contextualizes artworks made for Indo-Muslim patrons by putting them into direct dialogue with written testimonies.
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