010112 SE Visual Representation in Islam (2015S)
Continuous assessment of course work
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Language: English
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- Friday 06.03. 09:45 - 11:15 Seminarraum 5 (Kath) Schenkenstraße 1.OG
- Friday 06.03. 11:30 - 12:15 Seminarraum 5 (Kath) Schenkenstraße 1.OG
- Friday 13.03. 09:45 - 11:15 Seminarraum 5 (Kath) Schenkenstraße 1.OG
- Friday 13.03. 11:30 - 12:15 Seminarraum 5 (Kath) Schenkenstraße 1.OG
- Friday 20.03. 09:45 - 11:15 Seminarraum 1 (Kath) Schenkenstraße EG
- Friday 20.03. 11:30 - 12:15 Seminarraum 1 (Kath) Schenkenstraße EG
- Friday 27.03. 09:45 - 11:15 Seminarraum 5 (Kath) Schenkenstraße 1.OG
- Friday 27.03. 11:30 - 12:15 Seminarraum 5 (Kath) Schenkenstraße 1.OG
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Aims, contents and method of the course
Assessment and permitted materials
Students will be evaluated on the basis of class attendance and participation, reading of required materials (small written assignments based on the required materials). Since this course is conducted as a seminar, students are expected to actively participate in the class and final discussions.The course grade is calculated based upon the following components:
Assignment 1 (based on the reading: lecture II.) 20%
Assignment 2 (based on the reading: lecture III.) 20%
Assignment 3 (based on the reading: lecture IV.) 20%Final class discussion 40%
Assignment 1 (based on the reading: lecture II.) 20%
Assignment 2 (based on the reading: lecture III.) 20%
Assignment 3 (based on the reading: lecture IV.) 20%Final class discussion 40%
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
COURSE DESCRIPTION
This course will introduce students to the problem of the visual representation in Islam from the beginning to the present day. The first segment of the course will explore different approaches about the historical origins, social and religious context, and cultural meaning of visual materials in the Islamic tradition. The second part of the course is an illustration of the different forms of visual representations of Islam in different historical and geographical contexts.
This course will introduce students to the problem of the visual representation in Islam from the beginning to the present day. The first segment of the course will explore different approaches about the historical origins, social and religious context, and cultural meaning of visual materials in the Islamic tradition. The second part of the course is an illustration of the different forms of visual representations of Islam in different historical and geographical contexts.
Examination topics
COURSE REQUIREMENTS
Students will be evaluated on the basis of class attendance and participation, reading of required materials (small written assignments based on the required materials). Since this course is conducted as a seminar, students are expected to actively participate in the class and final discussions.The course grade is calculated based upon the following components:
Assignment 1 (based on the reading: lecture II.) 20%
Assignment 2 (based on the reading: lecture III.) 20%
Assignment 3 (based on the reading: lecture IV.) 20%Final class discussion 40%The final grade will be determined based on the following scale:
5 (100-93%) 4,5 (92-85%) 4 (84-78%) 3,5 (77-69%) 3 (68-60%) 2 (59% and bellow)
Students will be evaluated on the basis of class attendance and participation, reading of required materials (small written assignments based on the required materials). Since this course is conducted as a seminar, students are expected to actively participate in the class and final discussions.The course grade is calculated based upon the following components:
Assignment 1 (based on the reading: lecture II.) 20%
Assignment 2 (based on the reading: lecture III.) 20%
Assignment 3 (based on the reading: lecture IV.) 20%Final class discussion 40%The final grade will be determined based on the following scale:
5 (100-93%) 4,5 (92-85%) 4 (84-78%) 3,5 (77-69%) 3 (68-60%) 2 (59% and bellow)
Reading list
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHYTheoretical works on visual representation:
MITCHELL, W. J. T., Picture Theory, Chicago-London, The University of Chicago Press, 1994.
MITCHELL, W. J. T., What Do Pictures Want? The Lives and Loves of Images, Chicago-London, The University of Chicago Press, 2005.
MORGAN, David, The Sacred Gaze: Religious Visual Culture in Theory and Practice, Berkeley-Los Angeles, University of California Press, 2005.
ROSE, Gillian, Visual Methodologies: An Introduction to the Interpretation of Visual Materials, London, SAGE Publications, 2001.Visual culture and representation in Islam:
ALMIR, Ibric, Das Bilderverbot im Islam: Eine Einführung, Marburg, Tectum Verlag, 2004.
BAER, Eva, The Human Figure in Islamic Art: Inheritances and Islamic Transformations, Costa Mesa, Mazda Publishers, 2004.
BAKKER, Freek L., The Challenge of the Silver Screen: An Analysis of the Cinematic Portraits of Jesus, Rama, Buddha and Muhammad, Leiden-Boston, Brill, 2009.
BALAGHI, Shiva & GUMPERT, Lynn (eds.), Picturing Iran: Art, Society and Revolution, London, I. B. Tauris, 2003.
BEHRENS-ABOUSEIF, Doris, Beauty in Arabic Culture, Princeton, Princeton University Press, 2005.
BLAIR, Sheila, Islamic Calligraphy, Edinburgh, Edinburgh University Press, 2006.
BLAIR, Sheila & BLOOM, Jonathan (eds.), Rivers of Paradise: Water in Islamic Art and Culture, New Heaven-London, Yale University Press, 2009.
BUDDE, Hendrik, Taswir - Islamische Bildwelten und Moderne, Berlin, Nicolei, 2009.
CONTADINI, Anna (ed.), Arab Painting: Text and Image in Illustrated Arabic Manuscripts, Leiden-Boston, Brill, 2007.
ELIAS, Jamal J., Aisha's Cushion: Religious Art, Representation and Practice in Islam, Cambridge – London, Harvard University Press, 2012.
FLASKERUD, Ingvild, Visualizing Belief and Piety in Iranian Shiism, London-New York, Continuum, 2012.
GRABAR, Oleg, The Formation of Islamic Art, New Haven-London, Yale University Press, 1973.
GRABAR, Oleg, The Mediation of Ornament, Princeton, Princeton University Press, 1995.
GRABAR, Oleg, Constructing the Study of Islamic Art, 4 volls., Hampshire, Ashgate, 2005-2006.
GRUBER, Christiane & HAUGBOLLE, J. Sune (eds.), Visual Culture in the Modern Middle East: Rhetoric of the Image, Bloomington, Indiana University Press, 2013.
CHELKOWSKI, P. J. & DABASHI, Hamid, Staging a Revolution: The Art of Persuasion in the Islamic Republic of Iran, New York, New York University Press, 1999.
KHATIB, Lina, Image Politics in the Middle East: The Role of the Visual in Political Struggle, London – New York, I.B. Tauris, 2013.
KHOSRONEJAD, Pedram (ed.), The Art and Material Culture of Iranian Shi'ism: Iconography and Religious Devotion in Shi'i Islam, London-New York, I.B. Tauris, 2011.
LEAMAN, Oliver, Islamic Aesthetics: An Introduction, Edinburgh, Edinburgh University Press, 2004.
NAEF, Silvia, Bilder und Bilderverbot im Islam. Von Koran bis zum Karikaturenstreit, München, C.H. Beck, 2007.
MITCHELL, W. J. T., Picture Theory, Chicago-London, The University of Chicago Press, 1994.
MITCHELL, W. J. T., What Do Pictures Want? The Lives and Loves of Images, Chicago-London, The University of Chicago Press, 2005.
MORGAN, David, The Sacred Gaze: Religious Visual Culture in Theory and Practice, Berkeley-Los Angeles, University of California Press, 2005.
ROSE, Gillian, Visual Methodologies: An Introduction to the Interpretation of Visual Materials, London, SAGE Publications, 2001.Visual culture and representation in Islam:
ALMIR, Ibric, Das Bilderverbot im Islam: Eine Einführung, Marburg, Tectum Verlag, 2004.
BAER, Eva, The Human Figure in Islamic Art: Inheritances and Islamic Transformations, Costa Mesa, Mazda Publishers, 2004.
BAKKER, Freek L., The Challenge of the Silver Screen: An Analysis of the Cinematic Portraits of Jesus, Rama, Buddha and Muhammad, Leiden-Boston, Brill, 2009.
BALAGHI, Shiva & GUMPERT, Lynn (eds.), Picturing Iran: Art, Society and Revolution, London, I. B. Tauris, 2003.
BEHRENS-ABOUSEIF, Doris, Beauty in Arabic Culture, Princeton, Princeton University Press, 2005.
BLAIR, Sheila, Islamic Calligraphy, Edinburgh, Edinburgh University Press, 2006.
BLAIR, Sheila & BLOOM, Jonathan (eds.), Rivers of Paradise: Water in Islamic Art and Culture, New Heaven-London, Yale University Press, 2009.
BUDDE, Hendrik, Taswir - Islamische Bildwelten und Moderne, Berlin, Nicolei, 2009.
CONTADINI, Anna (ed.), Arab Painting: Text and Image in Illustrated Arabic Manuscripts, Leiden-Boston, Brill, 2007.
ELIAS, Jamal J., Aisha's Cushion: Religious Art, Representation and Practice in Islam, Cambridge – London, Harvard University Press, 2012.
FLASKERUD, Ingvild, Visualizing Belief and Piety in Iranian Shiism, London-New York, Continuum, 2012.
GRABAR, Oleg, The Formation of Islamic Art, New Haven-London, Yale University Press, 1973.
GRABAR, Oleg, The Mediation of Ornament, Princeton, Princeton University Press, 1995.
GRABAR, Oleg, Constructing the Study of Islamic Art, 4 volls., Hampshire, Ashgate, 2005-2006.
GRUBER, Christiane & HAUGBOLLE, J. Sune (eds.), Visual Culture in the Modern Middle East: Rhetoric of the Image, Bloomington, Indiana University Press, 2013.
CHELKOWSKI, P. J. & DABASHI, Hamid, Staging a Revolution: The Art of Persuasion in the Islamic Republic of Iran, New York, New York University Press, 1999.
KHATIB, Lina, Image Politics in the Middle East: The Role of the Visual in Political Struggle, London – New York, I.B. Tauris, 2013.
KHOSRONEJAD, Pedram (ed.), The Art and Material Culture of Iranian Shi'ism: Iconography and Religious Devotion in Shi'i Islam, London-New York, I.B. Tauris, 2011.
LEAMAN, Oliver, Islamic Aesthetics: An Introduction, Edinburgh, Edinburgh University Press, 2004.
NAEF, Silvia, Bilder und Bilderverbot im Islam. Von Koran bis zum Karikaturenstreit, München, C.H. Beck, 2007.
Association in the course directory
066 800 M02, M07 und M09, LV für Wahlmodul I oder II 011 (11W, 08W), (freies) Wahlfach für 011 (02W) und 020
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PROPHET MUHAMMAD AND HIS VISUAL REPRESENTATION
READING:
GRUBER, Christiane, "Between Logos (Kalima) and Light (Nūr): Representations of the Prophet Muhammad in Islamic Painting", Muqarnas: An Annual on the Visual Culture of the Islamic World, vol. 26 (2009), pp. 229-262.III. ISLAMIC SPACE AS VISUAL REPRESENTATION: MOSQUE AND GARDEN (20. MARCH)
READING:
AKKACH, Samer, Cosmology and Architecture in Premodern Islam An Architectural Reading of Mystical Ideas, New York, State University of New York Press, 2005, pp. 163-179.IV. CONTEMPORARY ISLAMIC VISUAL REPRESENTATION IN THEORY AND PRACTICE
(27. MARCH)
THE SHI'I ISLAMIC VISUAL CULTURE
READING:
FLASKERUD, Ingvild, Visualizing Belief and Piety in Iranian Shiism, London-New York, Continuum, 2012, pp. 75-88.VISUAL REPRESENTATION FROM THE ISLAMIC REFORMISM TO ISILFINAL DISCUSSION