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Jannat : paradise in Islamic art
- Title
- Jannat : paradise in Islamic art / edited by Mumtaz Currim ; text editor, Rivka Israel.
- Publication
- Mumbai : Marg Foundation, 2012.
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- Description
- 144 pages : illustrations (chiefly color); 31 cm
- Summary
- "Images of paradise from the Indian subcontinent [including] expressions in calligraphy and monumental inscriptions, landscaped gardens, chahar bagh mausoleums, mystic invocations, Dakhani romance, journey through the heavens in Persian verse, community hymns, and popular art."--Jacket.
- Subject
- Note
- "Bol. 63, no. 4, June 2012"--Title page verso.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Portfolio : Handwritten Qurans from the Salar Jung Museum / calligraphic art by Salva Rasool -- Islamic cosmology and paradise / M.Z.A. Shakeb -- "Enter thou my paradise" : the significance of funerary inscriptions / Mumtaz Currim -- Imagining paradise : the legacy of Mughal gardens / Azim Nanji -- Paradise, sovereignty, and aesthetics under the great Mughals / Philippa Vaughan -- Supplying water to Deccani paradises, 1350-1650 / Klaus Rötzer -- A woven paradise : the great Persian garden carpet of Jaipur / Syamali Das -- Jannatpuri : text and context / Hussain S. Jasani -- Gulshan-i Ishq : Nusrati's gardens of love / Ali Akbar Husain -- Javid Nama : Iqbal's heavenly journey / Syed Khalid Qadri -- Jannat ki Rail : images of paradise in India's Muslim popular culture / Yousuf Saeed.
- Call Number
- JQG 14-501
- ISBN
- 9788192110622
- 8192110621
- LCCN
- 2012323441
- OCLC
- 792879901
- Title
- Jannat : paradise in Islamic art / edited by Mumtaz Currim ; text editor, Rivka Israel.
- Publisher
- Mumbai : Marg Foundation, 2012.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Added Author
- Currim, Mumtaz, editor.Israel, Rivka, editor.Marg Foundation (India)
- Research Call Number
- JQG 14-501