Visualizing Belief and Piety in Iranian Shi‘ism
In her book, Ingvild Flaskerud once and for all dispels the idea that Islam lacks and opposes all forms of visual art. Hers is a pioneering work, which guides her readers through Twelver Shi‘i visual culture in Iran. She frames her discussion by drawing on semiotic theory, particularly Charles Sand...
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oai:doaj.org-article:43d5f3a511f648a68e76eb3b7bdb797b2021-12-02T17:49:35ZVisualizing Belief and Piety in Iranian Shi‘ism10.35632/ajis.v28i4.12342690-37332690-3741https://doaj.org/article/43d5f3a511f648a68e76eb3b7bdb797b2011-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.ajis.org/index.php/ajiss/article/view/1234https://doaj.org/toc/2690-3733https://doaj.org/toc/2690-3741 In her book, Ingvild Flaskerud once and for all dispels the idea that Islam lacks and opposes all forms of visual art. Hers is a pioneering work, which guides her readers through Twelver Shi‘i visual culture in Iran. She frames her discussion by drawing on semiotic theory, particularly Charles Sanders Peirce and Roland Barthes, in order to show both the interpretive possibilities inherent in visual piety and the ways in which meaning is fixed. Flaskerud is uniquely positioned for writing about visual piety, as she has already produced an artistic visual film (“Standard Bearers of Hussein: Women Commemorating Karbala,” 2003) on Shi‘i women’s practices in Iran. Visualizing Belief and Piety in Iranian Shi‘ism is a Geertzian “thick description” (Geertz, The Interpretation of Cultures) composed of three parts, each of which is followed by black-and-white pictures analyzed in that part. The first two parts address two iconographic themes respectively. The third discusses the usage of pious art in votive practices and ritual spaces ... Edith SzantoInternational Institute of Islamic ThoughtarticleIslamBP1-253ENAmerican Journal of Islam and Society, Vol 28, Iss 4 (2011) |
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In her book, Ingvild Flaskerud once and for all dispels the idea that Islam
lacks and opposes all forms of visual art. Hers is a pioneering work, which
guides her readers through Twelver Shi‘i visual culture in Iran. She frames
her discussion by drawing on semiotic theory, particularly Charles Sanders
Peirce and Roland Barthes, in order to show both the interpretive possibilities
inherent in visual piety and the ways in which meaning is fixed.
Flaskerud is uniquely positioned for writing about visual piety, as she has
already produced an artistic visual film (“Standard Bearers of Hussein:
Women Commemorating Karbala,” 2003) on Shi‘i women’s practices in
Iran. Visualizing Belief and Piety in Iranian Shi‘ism is a Geertzian “thick description”
(Geertz, The Interpretation of Cultures) composed of three parts,
each of which is followed by black-and-white pictures analyzed in that
part. The first two parts address two iconographic themes respectively. The
third discusses the usage of pious art in votive practices and ritual spaces ...
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