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Theoretical contradiction between the prohibition of portraying holy religious figures and the artistic representation in the Islamic miniatures

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Last updated: 04 Jan 2025

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The issue of prohibiting the portrayal of holy religious figures is a thorny subject due to the conflicting opinions and ideas concerning it. Miniature art embodies a natural human order, while holy religious figures embody an unnatural phenomenon, which cannot descend to the level of human standards. Hence, the research problem was identified in the study of the theoretical contradiction problem between the prohibition of portraying holy religious figures and what was actually accomplished in the Islamic miniatures. The research objective was to discuss the real motives behind the portrayal of the holy religious figures as a social reality in the Islamic miniatures, despite the religious prohibition of figurative representation in general, the apostles, the Prophets, their families, their companions, and the angels in particular. The importance of the research lies in revealing the reasons for the continuation of the attitude of most Muslim scholars concerning the figurative representation and the holy religious figures imaging prohibition during the Islamic times, which affected the current era. The researcher used the historical descriptive, analytical deductive, and questionnaire method in studying this phenomenon.  Furthermore, the study concluded that the attitude of the artist of Islamic miniatures in terms of the portrayal of the holy religious figures has not been constant throughout the ages. This was governed by a set of political, social, cultural, and ideological factors.

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10.12816/idj.2022.222500

Keywords

Islamic miniatures, Holy Religious Figures, Portraying Prohibition, Theoretical Contradiction, Artistic Achievement

Authors

First Name

Reem

Last Name

Abd El-Raoof

MiddleName

Wagdy Moustafa Kamel

Affiliation

Associate Professor., Department of Printed Designs, Faculty of Fine Arts, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt,

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reemkhalel@yahoo.com

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0000-0001-6602-1144

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12

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2

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31792

Issue Date

2022-03-01

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2021-10-24

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2022-03-01

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31

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51

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2090-9632

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2090-9640

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IDJ_Volume 12_Issue 2_Pages 31-51.pdf

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International Design Journal

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Theoretical contradiction between the prohibition of portraying holy religious figures and the artistic representation in the Islamic miniatures

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22 Jan 2023