Naẓar: Vision, Belief, and Perception in Islamic Cultures

by Samer Akkach

Naẓar, literally 'vision', is a unique Arabic-Islamic term/concept that offers an analytical framework for exploring the ways in which Islamic visual culture and aesthetic sensibility have been shaped by common conceptual tools and moral parameters. It intertwines the act of 'seeing' with the act of 'reflecting', thereby bringing the visual and cognitive functions into a complex relationship. Within the folds of this multifaceted relationship...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004499474
• ISBN13: 9789004499478
• Release Date: December 2021
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 340 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.3"