| ISBN |
1926473183 (softcover) |
| 9781926473185 (softcover) |
| Title |
Image? : the power of the visual / edited by Marika Sardar |
| Publisher |
Toronto : Aga Khan Museum, 2022 |
| Physical desc. |
262 pages ; illustrations (chiefly colour) ; 29 cm. |
| Note |
Catalogue of an exhibition held 9 April to 5 September 2022, at the Aga Khan Museum, Toronto. |
| CB illustration: page 141, figure 14 (Per 269, f. 26r). |
| Bibliography etc. |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 252-260). |
| Contents |
Introduction. An art historical approach to the question of images / Marika Sardar -- Think piece -- Faith and spirituality. Representing the unrepresentable: images of divinity and the holy in Islam / Marika Sardar -- Catalogue / Marika Sardar -- Think piece -- Short thought: depicting Muhammad / Reza Aslan -- Power and authority. Representing power: images of royalty / Mika Natif -- Catalogue / Marika Sardar -- Think piece -- Short thought: on political imagery and the Coronation series / Siamak Filizadeh -- Ideals and values. Representing legends and lovers: images in the literary sphere / Michael Chagnon -- Catalogue / Marika Sardar -- Think piece -- Short thought: the Maqamat and the How Iraqi are you? series / Hayv Kahraman -- Short thought: Qalb: responses to the Rose garden of love / Shahzia Sikander -- Identity and self. Representing identity: images in the modern and contemporary period / Marika Sardar -- Catalogue / Marika Sardar -- Think piece -- Short thought: a mirror is now a _____ / Rashid Rana. |
| Corporate name |
Aga Khan Museum (Toronto, Ont.) -- Exhibitions |
| Subject |
Chester Beatty Library -- Manuscript -- Per 269 |
| Islamic art -- Exhibitions |
| Islamic art objects -- Exhibitions |
| Art, Modern -- Middle East -- Exhibitions |
| Islamic illumination of books and manuscripts -- Exhibitions |
| Illumination of books and manuscripts, Iranian -- Exhibitions |
| Illumination of books and manuscripts, Ottoman -- Exhibitions |
| Islamic calligraphy -- Exhibitions |
| Human figure in art -- Exhibitions |
| Added name(s) |
Sardar, Marika editor |
| Added name(s) - Corporate |
Aga Khan Museum (Toronto, Ont.) |
