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Beauty in Arabic culture

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Field name	Details
ISBN	1558761993 (pbk.)
ISBN	9781558761995 (pbk.)
Author	Behrens-Abouseif, Doris
Uniform Title	Schönheit in der arabischen Kultur.. English
Title	Beauty in Arabic culture / by Doris Behrens-Abouseif
Publisher	Princeton, NJ : Markus Wiener, 1999
Physical desc.	viii, 220 p. ; ill. (b&w) ; 23 cm.
Series	Princeton series on the Middle East
Note	Originally published in German: Schönheit in der arabischen Kultur (Munich : C.H. Beck'sche, 1998).
Bibliography etc.	Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-207) and index.
Contents	Introduction -- The religious approach. The image of the world -- The Koran and the universe -- Ghazālī, the Sufi way, and the symbolism of light -- Secular beauty and love. Proportion, harmony, and the psychological factor -- Nature and artifice -- Fauna -- Human beauty -- Love -- Music and belles lettres. Music -- Belles-lettres: context; literary criticism; originality; imagination -- The visual arts. The status of the arts -- The significance of artistic beauty -- The decorative themes: images; calligraphy; Arabesque and geometry; architecture and decoration; unity, diversity, and transmission of knowledge; regalia and luxury; building or architecture? -- Conclusion.
Subject	Aesthetics, Arab
	Civilization, Arab
	Islamic civilization
	Islamic art and symbolism

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