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Aesthetics in Arabic thought : from pre-Islamic Arabia through al-Andalus
- Title
- Aesthetics in Arabic thought : from pre-Islamic Arabia through al-Andalus / by Jośé Miguel Puerta Vilchez ; translated from Spanish by Consuelo López-Morillas.
- Author
- Puerta Vílchez, José Miguel
- Publication
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2017]
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- Additional Authors
- Lopez-Morillas, Consuelo
- Description
- xvii, 936 pages; 25 cm
- Summary
- In Aesthetics in Arabic Thought from Pre-Islamic Arabia through al-Andalus Jos Miguel Puerta V lchez analyzes the discourses about beauty, the arts, and sense perception that arose within classical Arab culture from pre-Islamic poetry and the Quran (sixth-seventh centuries CE) to the Alhambra palace in Granada (fourteenth century CE). He focuses on the contributions of such great thinkers as Ibn azm, Avempace, Ibn ufayl, Averroes, Ibn Arab , and Ibn Khald n in al-Andalus, and the Brethren of Purity, al-Taw d , al-F r b , Avicenna, Alhazen, and al-Ghaz l in the East. The work also explores literary criticism, calligraphy, music, belles-lettres (adab), and erotic literature, and highlights the contribution of Arab humanism to shaping the fi.
- In Aesthetics in Arabic Thought from Pre-Islamic Arabia through al-Andalus José Miguel Puerta Vílchez analyzes the discourses about beauty, the arts, and sense perception that arose within classical Arab culture from pre-Islamic poetry and the Quran (sixth-seventh centuries CE) to the Alhambra palace in Granada (fourteenth century CE). He focuses on the contributions of such great thinkers as Ibn Ḥazm, Avempace, Ibn Ṭufayl, Averroes, Ibn ʻArabī, and Ibn Khaldūn in al-Andalus, and the Brethren of Purity, al-Tawḥīdī, al-Fārābī, Avicenna, Alhazen, and al-Ghazālī in the East. The work also explores literary criticism, calligraphy, music, belles-lettres (adab), and erotic literature, and highlights the contribution of Arab humanism to shaping the field of Aesthetics in the West.
- Series Statement
- Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section one, The Near and Middle East ; volume 120
- Uniform Title
- Historia del pensamiento estético árabe. English
- Handbook of Oriental studies. Section one, Near and Middle East (2014) ; v. 120.
- Alternative Title
- Historia del pensamiento estético árabe.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 855-883) and index.
- Call Number
- JFE 17-8834
- ISBN
- 9789004344952
- 9004344950
- LCCN
- 2017021453
- OCLC
- 989811309
- Author
- Puerta Vílchez, José Miguel, author.
- Title
- Aesthetics in Arabic thought : from pre-Islamic Arabia through al-Andalus / by Jośé Miguel Puerta Vilchez ; translated from Spanish by Consuelo López-Morillas.
- Publisher
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2017]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section one, The Near and Middle East ; volume 120Handbook of Oriental studies. Section one, Near and Middle East (2014) ; v. 120.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 855-883) and index.
- Added Author
- Lopez-Morillas, Consuelo, translator.
- Translated As:
- Translation of: Puerta V lchez, Jos Miguel. Historia del pensamiento est tico rabe. Madrid, Espa a : Ediciones Akal, 1997 8446007371Translation of: Puerta Vílchez, José Miguel. Historia del pensamiento estético árabe. Madrid, España : Ediciones Akal, ©1997 8446007371
- Other Form:
- Online version: Puerta V lchez, Jos Miguel, author. Aesthetics in Arabic thought Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2017 9789004345041Online version: Puerta Vílchez, José Miguel. Aesthetics in Arabic thought. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2017 9789004345041
- Research Call Number
- JFE 17-8834