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ISLAMIC ART AND SPIRITUALITY
SEYYED HOSSEIN NASR
1990, x+213pp., col.&
B&W illus. index, ISBN: 090-38803-53, Rs 300 (HB)
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This is the first book in English to deal with the
spiritual significance of Islamic art including not only the plastic arts but also
literature and music. Relying upon his extensive knowledge of the Islamic religion in both
its exoteric and esoteric dimensions as well as the various Islamic sciences, the author
relates Islamic revelation and the spirituality which has issued from it. The author
brings out the spiritual significance of the Islamic arts ranging from architecture to
music as seen, heard and experienced by one living within the universe of Islamic art
become transparent and reveal their proper significance. This book, however, addresses
itself to all those who are attracted to the study of art in its relation to spirituality
as well as those who seek to understand more fully the Islamic religion and the
civilization it brought into being.
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| SEYYED HOSSEIN NASR was born and
received his early education in Tehran. He later studied science, philosophy and history
of Science at NIT and Harvard University. He served as Professor, Dean and Vice-Chancellor
of Tehran University and Chancellor of Aryamehar University. He was the founder and first
President of the Iranian Academy of Philosophy and is presently University Professor of
Islamic Studies at the George Washington University in America. He is author of over
twenty books which have been translated into several languages. |
Copublishers : Oxford University
Press, New Delhi - 110 001. |
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