The Muslim painter and the divine: The Persian impact on Islamic religious painting Tapa dura - 1981

Park Lane, 1981. Hardcover. VERY GOOD/Very Good. xvii, 158 pp. Light underlining, some rubbing to extremities, sound otherwise. DJ some light rubbing.

London: Park Lane, 1981. Hardcover. VG (very small ink writing in corner of title page). Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine, glossy blue dust jacket with black lettering and color illustration on front, xvii, 158 pp, richly illustrated with 30 color illustrations and 67 monochrome. "In this book... Dr. Okasha surveys the relation of Islam itself to Islamic paintnig and tries to explain an apparent paradox-that while Islam has nevertheless pervaded and inspired the art of the Persians, Arabs and Turks since their conversion to its doctrines, there is little in Islam that corresponds to the paintings of Biblical and legendary subjects so common in Christian Europe."- Dust jacket Contents include: The prohibition of figurative art in Islam -- Some contrasts with Western European painting -- Religious painting in Islam -- Representations of the Prophet Muhammad -- Representations of other prophets -- Painting and mysticism -- Heaven and Hell.

London: Park Lane. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. 0902935259 . 9.1 X 6.6 X 1.1 inches; 158 pages .