Islamic Aesthetics: An Introduction

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There are, however, strong regional characteristics, and influences from other cultures are also visible. The essentials of Islamic art

This understanding gained varying amounts of Sufi aspects in later periods. For instance, Sufis like Ibn Arabi and Mevlana Jalaluddin Rumi propounded many views on beauty in this direction. All of these interpretations bear the traces of various cultures but primarily refer to the Islamic faith, thought and worldview. Thus, aesthetics in the arts was formed within the framework of Al-Ghazali’s explanations. Not doing, but discoveringCritchlow, K. (1976). Islamic patterns: An analytical and cosmological approach. London: Thames & Hudson. Ettinghausen, R., Grabar, O., & Jenkins-Madina, M. (2001). Islamic art and architecture, 650–1250. New Haven, CT: Yale University.

Crane, H., (Trans.). (1987). Risāle-i Mi’māriyye: An early-seventeenth-century Ottoman treatise on architecture by Cafer Efendi. Leiden, Netherlands/New York: E. J. Brill. Chorbachi, W. K., & Loeb, A. D. (1992). An Islamic pentagonal seal (from scientific manuscripts of the geometry of design). In I. Hargittai (Ed.), Fivefold symmetry (pp. 283–305). Singapore: World Scientific.This beautifully illustrated volume gathers articles by a cluster of experts that explore the art of calligraphy based on the Qurʾan in terms of both form and content. It underlines the multidirectional impact on artistic creation of the Islamic scripture as both divine message and formal paradigm, situating writing at the center of cultural and aesthetic expression in Islam.