Beauty in Arabic Culture
Download or Read eBook Beauty in Arabic Culture PDF written by Doris Behrens-Abouseif and published by Markus Wiener Publishers. This book was released on 1999 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : Doris Behrens-Abouseif |
| Publisher | : Markus Wiener Publishers |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 1999 |
| ISBN-10 | : 1558761993 |
| ISBN-13 | : 9781558761995 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (93 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Beauty in Arabic Culture by : Doris Behrens-Abouseif
Book excerpt: A specialist in Islamic architecture and social history, Behrens-Abouseif (U. of Munich) surveys the concepts of beauty in classical and post-classical Arabic culture through the 15th century CE, drawing on Arabic texts in philosophy, theology, mysticism, poetry, literary criticism, historiography, and the Thousand and One Nights. She shows how beauty was measured by the degree of pleasure it elicited in the recipient. The original German Schonheit in der Arabischen Kultur was published by C. D. Beck'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, Munich, in 1998. Paper edition (199-3), $22.95. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
