In the Name of the Image
Figurative Representation in Islamic and Christian Cultures
In the Name of the Image primarily attempts to direct attention to the history of both Islamic and Christian cultures, tracing and analyzing their ways of dealing with images. Even though both Christianity and Islam are familiar with religious bans on images, pictures, portraits, and other works of pictorial art can still be found in both cultural areas. Still, the prohibition of images is mainly associated with Islam, while the question of why, for example, statues of Mary are worshipped in (Catholic) churches, is rarely posed. What was the function of the image and what sort of meaning did it have? Whom did the image address, and what messa…
Mehr
CHF 57.90
Preise inkl. MwSt. und Versandkosten (Portofrei ab CHF 40.00)
V200:
Noch nicht erschienen. Termin unbekannt
Produktdetails
Weitere Autoren: Museum Rietberg (Hrsg.) / Behrens Abouseif, Doris (Text von) / Blume, Dieter (Text von) / Erismann, Christophe (Text von) / Flood, Finbarr Barry (Text von) / Fricke, Beate (Text von) / Gruber, Christiane (Text von) / Heinzelmann, Tobias (Text von) / Karimi, Ahmad Milad (Text von) / Langer, Axel (Text von) / Majer, Hans Georg (Text von) / Schurte, René (Text von) / Spanke, Daniel (Text von) / Weis, Friedericke (Text von) / Barandun, Claudio (Gestaltet)
- ISBN: 978-3-7757-4733-2
- EAN: 9783775747332
- Produktnummer: 33645285
- Verlag: Thames and Hudson
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2022
- Seitenangabe: 384 S.
- Masse: H24.0 cm x B16.0 cm
- Abbildungen: Raster, nicht spezifiziert
1 weiteres Werk von Axel (Hrsg.) Langer:
Bewertungen
Anmelden