Title: Beauty in Arabic Culture (Princeton Series on the Middle East)
First published: July 1999
Description: "Doris Behrens-Abouseif's book provides a panorama of the concepts of beauty in classical and post-classical Arabic culture through the 15th century, drawing on Arabic texts from philosophy, theology, mysticism, poetry, and literary criticism as well as historiographic sources and tales from the Thousand and One Nights. Behrens-Abouseif elucidates the ways in which beauty was measured by the degree of pleasure it elicited in the recipient, an attitude that anticipates modernity in both East and West."--BOOK JACKET.
Subjects: Islamic civilization, Arts, Cultuurgeschiedenis, Beeldende kunsten, Civilisation islamique, Arab Aesthetics, Culture, Arab Civilization, Schoonheid, Art islamique, Esthétique, Civilisation arabe, Civilisation, Esthétique arabe, Civilization, arab, Beauty, personal, Arab countries, social life and customs, Manners and customs