This book presents an art historical and cultural study of human figuration and portraiture in a medieval islamic context, based on literary and iconographic sources. With contributions by: Sheila Blair; Ãloïse Brac de la Perrière; Oleg Grabar; Kata Keresztely; Mika Natif; Yves Porter; Houari Touati
"...the contributions made by the essays collected in this volume are numerous and manifold. They draw attention to a number of little known or unknown textual sources. They put forward a variety of opinions and attitudes regarding the image. They offer alternate perspectives and in-depth reflections on the issue of portraiture, notably highlighting the highly symbolic and essentialist character of paintings."
Nourrane Ben Azzouna, University of Strasbourg.