Kia, Chad. <br/><br/>
Art, Allegory and the Rise of Shi'ism in Iran, 1487-1565 

 - Edinburgh :  Edinburgh University Press,  (c)2019. 
 - 1 online resource (314 pages) 
 - Edinburgh studies in classical Islamic history and culture .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/>Intro; Art, Allegory and the Rise of Shiism in Iran, 1487-1565; Edinburgh University Press; Contents; Plates; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Coming to Terms with Meaning in Persian Painting; 1 Poetics of the Picture: Verbal Imagery and Visual Language; 2 Remaking Persian Painting: Didactic Sufism in a Timurid Manuscript; 3 The Third Station on the Path to Sufism: 'The Bearded Man Drowning'; 4 Fixed-figure Prototypes and the Symbolic Order; 5 The Culmination of a Trend: 'Depraved Man Commits Bestiality'; Conclusion: The Sufi Synthesis; Notes; Bibliography; Index 
<br/><br/> Transforming our understanding of Persian art, this impressive interdisciplinary book decodes some of the world's most exquisite medieval paintings. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781474450416 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2019286921 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GBB9B2908  bnb GBC0C9707  bnb 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label>019444850  Uk 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Illumination of books and manuscripts, Iranian.<br/>Painting, Iranian--To 1500.<br/>Painting, Iranian--16th century.<br/>Shī.Aah--History.--Iran<br/>Symbolism in art.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>DS292  / .A783 2019