Format:
1 Online-Ressource
ISBN:
9789004209725
Series Statement:
Brill eBook titles 2011
Content:
Preliminary Material /S. Kuehn -- Introduction /S. Kuehn -- The Medieval Islamic World From Central Asia To Anatolia: The Historical And Cultural Context /S. Kuehn -- Dragons On Monumental Settings In Regions West Of Iran /S. Kuehn -- The Dragon Motif On Portable Objects /S. Kuehn -- Dragons And The Powers Of The Earth /S. Kuehn -- Dragons And Animals Of The Natural And The Mythical Realms /S. Kuehn -- The Dragon In Scenes Of Combat /S. Kuehn -- The Dragon In Relation To Royal Or Heroic Figures /S. Kuehn -- The Dragon And Astrology /S. Kuehn -- Vestiges Of The Dragon In Ancient Iconographies /S. Kuehn -- The Knotted Dragon Motif /S. Kuehn -- The Dragon And The Magico-Medical Sphere /S. Kuehn -- The Dragon And The Province Of Magic And Divination /S. Kuehn -- The Dragon And Sound /S. Kuehn -- The Dragon As Symbol Of Transformation /S. Kuehn -- Concluding Remarks /S. Kuehn -- Epilogue /S. Kuehn -- List Of Abbreviations /S. Kuehn -- Bibliography /S. Kuehn -- List Of Illustrations /S. Kuehn -- General Index /S. Kuehn -- Illustrations /S. Kuehn.
Content:
This book is a pioneering work on a key iconographic motif, that of the dragon. It examines the perception of this complex, multifaceted motif within the overall intellectual and visual universe of the medieval Irano-Turkish world. Using a broadly comparative approach, the author explores the ever-shifting semantics of the dragon motif as it emerges in neighbouring Muslim and non-Muslim cultures. The book will be of particular interest to those concerned with the relationship between the pre-Islamic, Islamic and Eastern Christian (especially Armenian) world. The study is fully illustrated, with 209 (b/w and full colour) plates, many of previously unpublished material. Illustrations include photographs of architectural structures visited by the author, as well as a vast collection of artefacts, all of which are described and discussed in detail with inscription readings, historical data and textual sources
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9789004186637
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9004186638
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9789004209725
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9789004186637
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1163/ej.9789004186637.i-390
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