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Auteur(s) : Daneshvari, Abbas
Titre(s) : Of serpents and dragons in Islamic art [Texte imprimé] : an iconograpical study / Abbas Daneshvari
Publication : Costa Mesa, CA : Mazda Publishers, 2011
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (XXI-236 p.) : ill. ; 24 cm
Collection : Bibliotheca Iranica. Islamic art and architecture series ; 13
Lien à la collection : Islamic art and architecture
Comprend : Background information ; Names, types and attributes ; The intrepid hero ; Astrocosmological
symbolism of the dragon ; The dragon at the navel of the earth ; Hybrid representations
of dragons and serpents ; Dragons, opium and "the kitab al-diryaq" ; Dragons in
the cult of the saints.
Note(s) : Réf. bibliogr. p. 207-225. Index
In the medieval Muslim world, the dragon was the most frequently represented fabulous
beast. This applied across styles and media and in both sacred and secular contexts.
Yet its prominence is marked by seemingly contradictory representations. Like Plato's
"Pharmakon,"; the dragon was imbued with antithetical meanings: as it stood for both
the darkness of the eclipse and the light of God, the satanic and the divine, the
transcendent and the earthly. The "yin" and the "yang" of Islam were embodied in the
dragon, whose fire was the hell of destruction and also the blessed light of the divine.
The dragon thus represented one of those exceptional and mysterious symbols that explained
the more baffling phenomena such as creation, chaos and order, furthermore signifying
amalgamations of dichotomous forces whose balance made life and the understanding
of life possible... -- Book Description
Sujet(s) : Symbolisme islamique
Serpents -- Dans l'art
Dragons -- Dans l'art
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9781568592640 (rel.)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb42739084m
Notice n° :
FRBNF42739084
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