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

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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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.

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Item Type: Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
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Lina Kattan
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Event Title: 1st International Islamic Heritage Conference (ISHEC) 2015
Event Dates: 11-12 November 2015
Page Range: pp. 15-24
Keywords: Two-dimensional; ‘Living Beings’; Contemporary Islamic art
Date: 2015
URI: https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/16567
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