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- Title
Imaging Spirituality: An Ethnographic Study of Surface Decoration in Maryam Zamani Mosque.
- Authors
Kamran, Sadia Pasha
- Abstract
The study, while looking at the historical as well as cultural significance of mosque interiors in the Islamic world examines the surface decoration in Maryam Zamani Mosque. It also focuses on several socio-political underpinnings that define Mughal and Islamic aesthetic thrusts in Pre-Modern India. It addresses some well-established figments about the status of representational iconography in Islamic Art and compares the concept of aniconism in various indigenous traditions. ‘Non-figural’ as a scheme of ornamentation mediate the divine presence for the believers but it also effectively stimulates the senses towards the unconfined realities that spiritually elevates the viewer who may be the followers of other systems of faith. In its broader scope, it is a study of change of decorative features of religious buildings in Medieval India from figurative to abstract, from earthly to spiritual or from ordinary to ideal with an inclination towards both; the production and reception of these creative practices. In addition to the conventional historiographic methods of research, ethnographic approach is employed to achieve the paradigm of socially-engaged art history for the global audience.
- Subjects
HIZBALLAH (Lebanon); MOSQUES; ISLAMIC art &; symbolism; ART history; SPIRITUALITY; ETHNOLOGY; FRESCO painting
- Publication
Journal of Arts & Social Sciences, 2023, Vol 10, Issue 2, p117
- ISSN
2311-293X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.46662/jass.v10i2.399