Elias, Jamal J. <br/><br/>
Aisha's cushion  religious art, perception, and practice in Islam / 
Jamal J. Elias. 
 - Cambridge, Mass. :  Harvard University Press,  (c)2012. 
 - 1 online resource (x, 404 pages)  illustrations. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/>Prologue: the promise of a meaningful image --  Representation, resemblance and religion --  The icon and the idol --  Iconoclasm, iconophobia and Islam --  Idols, icons and images in Islam --  Beauty, goodness, and wonder --  Alchemy, appearance and essence --  Dreams, visions and the imagination --  Sufism and the metaphysics of resemblance --  Words, pictures and signs --  Legibility, iconicity and monumental writing. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780674067394 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Islam and art.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BP190  / .A374 2012