Bøger af Adnan Sheikh

This is an attempt to study art in Islam in general and the aesthetics of such art works.Through music, I attempted to address the aesthetics of Islamic art. The topic of myresearch question is formulated based on diverse topics related to art such as how canIslamic art be defined fully when the last three decades of history have seen severalbooks and exhibitions that claim to deal with the "common principles," "aesthetics," and"philosophy" of Islamic art. In my thesis, I have studied debates on the aesthetics ofIslamic arts and the various philosophical issues relating to them, (most of which includepainting, calligraphy, architecture, gardening, literature, films, music etc.) I have paidclose attention to why these art forms are called Islamic and have taken the philosophicalunderstanding of the Qur'an and prophetic tradition as its base. This discussion on theaesthetics of philosophy is followed by few other-related areas such as the role of musicin Islam. The study of Sufi music is also included in my research, the said subject beingconsidered as one of the widely circulated Islamic art which is used to elaborate the vitalrole of music in Islam.