Berenike Metzler
Biographic Data
| ID | 2103947 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Berenike Metzler |
| GIVEN NAMES | Berenike |
| FAMILY NAME | Metzler |
| SIGNATURE | METZLER B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Lehrstuhl für Orientalische Philologie und Islamwissenschaft, Erlangen, Germany |
| ORCID | 0009-0000-3271-5957 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Simon O'Meara, The Kaʿba Orientations
The Kaba Orientations is a monograph on the most important building in the history of Islamic culture and religion, which has nonetheless received surprisingly little scholarly attention to date.The author, a prolific historian of Islamic architecture, employs a transdisciplinary approach.Under creative chapter headings in the form of "The Kaba as" and "The House as", he brings together materials from architectural history, art history, scientifi…
Writing As Intermediary
For the cultural history of the Islamic World, writing has long been recognized as a highly important form of art, as calligraphy has traditionally held a particular place in the perception of Islamic elites and their artistic practices. The culture of calligraphy was intimately connected with the production of prestigious book manuscripts, but reached a climax in the creation of single-leaf calligraphies that were also highly appreciated by coll…
Overcoming the Dichotomy of Text and Image
The opinion that the relationship of Islam to imagery can hardly be called "aniconic" and even less so "iconoclastic" 1 , has recently been illustrated once more by the volume The Image Debate.Figural Representation in Islam and across the World 2 , published in advance of an exhibition on figural art from the Islamic world.Nevertheless, the dichotomy of "image" versus "text" still seems to shape our thinking in such a way that almost all attempt…
Introduction
2 Apart from opening new perspectives on the image, these new schools have criticized earlier approaches of art history for preferring "high art" to "popular art," for the dominating colonialist perspective on the arts of other cultures, for mystifying the (male) artist, and finally for continuing to think in categories of styles and periods while being impotent to react to the development of new media
Europa Im Geflecht der Welt
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Europa Im Geflecht der Welt
Writing As Intermediary
For the cultural history of the Islamic World, writing has long been recognized as a highly important form of art, as calligraphy has traditionally held a particular place in the perception of Islamic elites and their artistic practices. The culture of calligraphy was intimately connected with the production of prestigious book manuscripts, but reached a climax in the creation of single-leaf calligraphies that were also highly appreciated by coll…
Overcoming the Dichotomy of Text and Image
The opinion that the relationship of Islam to imagery can hardly be called "aniconic" and even less so "iconoclastic" 1 , has recently been illustrated once more by the volume The Image Debate.Figural Representation in Islam and across the World 2 , published in advance of an exhibition on figural art from the Islamic world.Nevertheless, the dichotomy of "image" versus "text" still seems to shape our thinking in such a way that almost all attempt…
Introduction
2 Apart from opening new perspectives on the image, these new schools have criticized earlier approaches of art history for preferring "high art" to "popular art," for the dominating colonialist perspective on the arts of other cultures, for mystifying the (male) artist, and finally for continuing to think in categories of styles and periods while being impotent to react to the development of new media
Simon O'Meara, The Kaʿba Orientations
The Kaba Orientations is a monograph on the most important building in the history of Islamic culture and religion, which has nonetheless received surprisingly little scholarly attention to date.The author, a prolific historian of Islamic architecture, employs a transdisciplinary approach.Under creative chapter headings in the form of "The Kaba as" and "The House as", he brings together materials from architectural history, art history, scientifi…
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