Sperl, Stefan (2022) 'Islamic Spirituality and the Visual Arts.' In: Lawrence, Bruce and Cornell, Vincent, (eds.), The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Islamic Spirituality. New York: Wiley, pp. 412-431.
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This chapter focuses on the example of an acclaimed Islamic artist of the present time, Dr Ahmed Moustafa (b. 1943). His ideas on the nature of the Arabic script as an art form are discussed and traced back to the classical Islamic intellectual tradition. A key assumption encountered throughout is the analogy between physical and spiritual spheres, which is discussed with reference to the concepts of harmony and justice in texts on philosophy, theology, and the arts. Lastly, two of Moustafa's works are examined to illustrate how his ideas and his manner of Qurʾānic exegesis have been translated into visual representation.
| Item Type: | Book Chapters |
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| Keywords: | Aesthetics, calligraphy, ethics, geometry, harmony, homogeneity, justice, mimetic, proportionality, script, bayān, iʿtidāl, taqdīr |
| SOAS Departments & Centres: | Legacy Departments > Faculty of Languages and Cultures > Department of the Languages and Cultures of the Near and Middle East Departments and Subunits > School of Languages, Cultures & Linguistics |
| ISBN: | 9780470674208 |
| Copyright Statement: | This is the version of the chapter accepted for publication in Lawrence, Bruce and Cornell, Vincent, (eds.), The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Islamic Spirituality. New York: Wiley (2022), pp. 412-431. Re-use is subject to the publisher’s terms and conditions |
| DOI (Digital Object Identifier): | https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118533789.ch22 |
| Date Deposited: | 22 Jul 2015 15:49 |
| URI: | https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/id/eprint/20204 |
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