Visualizing belief and piety in Iranian Shiism

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" Visualizing belief and piety in Iranian Shiism "
/ Ingvild Flaskerud

center	:	The Center of European Languages of Qom(Ale Beit Publications)
Document Type	:	BL
Record Number	:	3275
Doc. No	:	b47
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Flaskerud, Ingvild
Title & Author	:	Visualizing belief and piety in Iranian Shiism/ Ingvild Flaskerud
Publication Statement	:	London ;New York: Continuum,, c2010.
Page. NO	:	xii, 299 p.: ill. ; 24 cm.
ISBN	:	9781441149077
Notes	:	Print
Bibliographies/Indexes	:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	:	Note on transliteration -- Preface -- Introduction -- Part I. The portrait of Imam Ali: 1. The emergence of a prototypical model and its survival -- 2. Imam Ali in Shia memory -- 3. The iconography of Imam Ali and its reception -- Part II. The battle at Karbala: 4. The battle at Karbala in Shia memory and piety -- 5. Visual Karbala narratives in Shia piety -- 6. The parcham wall hanging -- 7. Representation and reception of Karbala in colour posters -- Part III. Images and decorative designs in ritual space: 8. The image as a votive gift -- 9. Images in the liturgy of commemoration and celebration -- 10. Decorative programmes across gendered ritual space -- 11. Transposing iconography -- Conclusion: visualizing and seeing in the service of Islam.
Subject	:	Islam and art
Subject	:	Art and religionIran
Subject	:	ShغiahDoctrines
Dewey Classification	:	‭297.2.67‬
LC Classification	:	‭BP190.5‬‭.A7,F63 2010‬