Re-thinking the depictions of two-dimensional ‘living beings’ in contemporary Islamic art / Lina Kattan

Re-thinking the depictions of two-dimensional ‘living beings’ in contemporary Islamic art / Lina Kattan

This paper principally discusses the religious aspects of Living Being’s representations within Sunni Islamic and Saudi art contexts. It first examines classic Islamic scholars’ visions (conservative and liberal) towards full-figure Living Being depictions, and then compares these visions with their...

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Main Author: Lina Kattan
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: 2015
Online Access:http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/16567/
http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/16567/2/PRO_LINA%20KATTAN%20M%2015.pdf
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spelling uitm-165672019-08-09T02:56:02Z http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/16567/ Re-thinking the depictions of two-dimensional ‘living beings’ in contemporary Islamic art / Lina Kattan Lina Kattan This paper principally discusses the religious aspects of Living Being’s representations within Sunni Islamic and Saudi art contexts. It first examines classic Islamic scholars’ visions (conservative and liberal) towards full-figure Living Being depictions, and then compares these visions with their contemporary counterparts. Both classic and contemporary visions tremendously differed. I argue that contemporary Islamic perspectives permitted full-figure representations on two-dimensional surfaces (with some limitations), and at the same time, continued to prohibit three-dimensional depictions. Due to the flatness of the drawn/painted illustration, this study discusses how two-dimensional full-figure Living Beings is no longer sinful as assumed before. 2015 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed text en http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/16567/2/PRO_LINA%20KATTAN%20M%2015.pdf Lina Kattan (2015) Re-thinking the depictions of two-dimensional ‘living beings’ in contemporary Islamic art / Lina Kattan. In: 1st International Islamic Heritage Conference (ISHEC) 2015, 11-12 November 2015, Hotel Mahkota, Melaka.
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description This paper principally discusses the religious aspects of Living Being’s representations within Sunni Islamic and Saudi art contexts. It first examines classic Islamic scholars’ visions (conservative and liberal) towards full-figure Living Being depictions, and then compares these visions with their contemporary counterparts. Both classic and contemporary visions tremendously differed. I argue that contemporary Islamic perspectives permitted full-figure representations on two-dimensional surfaces (with some limitations), and at the same time, continued to prohibit three-dimensional depictions. Due to the flatness of the drawn/painted illustration, this study discusses how two-dimensional full-figure Living Beings is no longer sinful as assumed before.
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Lina Kattan
spellingShingle Lina Kattan
Re-thinking the depictions of two-dimensional ‘living beings’ in contemporary Islamic art / Lina Kattan
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author_sort Lina Kattan
title Re-thinking the depictions of two-dimensional ‘living beings’ in contemporary Islamic art / Lina Kattan
title_short Re-thinking the depictions of two-dimensional ‘living beings’ in contemporary Islamic art / Lina Kattan
title_full Re-thinking the depictions of two-dimensional ‘living beings’ in contemporary Islamic art / Lina Kattan
title_fullStr Re-thinking the depictions of two-dimensional ‘living beings’ in contemporary Islamic art / Lina Kattan
title_full_unstemmed Re-thinking the depictions of two-dimensional ‘living beings’ in contemporary Islamic art / Lina Kattan
title_sort re-thinking the depictions of two-dimensional ‘living beings’ in contemporary islamic art / lina kattan
publishDate 2015
url http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/16567/
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