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IMAGES OF ANIMALS AND HUMANS IN ISLAMIC ART (In the Context of the Hadiths and Sufism)

Lubomir Mikov

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Year of Publication: 2025

Cover Type: Hard

Category: Cultural-Historical Heritage and National Identity

Edition: First Edition

Pages: 240

Format: n/a

Language: Bulgarian

Summary

The study is devoted to the history, specificity and aesthetics of Islamic art in the context of the Hadiths and Sufism. It is also the first study of its kind in the Bulgarian humanities. In the first chapter – “Images of Animals” – the animal species are examined in hierarchical order: from the most common to the rarest. The visual material included in the second chapter – “Images of Humans” – is examined in terms of its belonging to the applied and therefore fine arts. The material included in the two chapters is presented on an ethnic basis or as belonging to Arab, Persian and Ottoman art. The second chapter comments on and analyses the depiction of human beings, especially in Islamic miniature painting. In this context, some folk paintings are examined, as well as the so-called paintings-inscriptions, which are unique to Ottoman fine art. The historical development of Arab, Persian and Ottoman miniature painting is also traced. Special attention is given to the images of the Prophet Muhammad, which have found a place in the Islamic miniature tradition.

Аbout The Author

• Lubomir Mikov: Lyubomir Mikov graduated in Bulgarian philology at Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski" and then started working at the Institute of Folklore at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. In 1985 he received the degree of "candidate of art history" (today the scientific and educational degree of "doctor"). In 2002 he obtained the scientific degree "Doctor of Historical Sciences". Since 1998 he has been a part-time lecturer at the New Bulgarian University, and since 2006 - at the National Academy of Arts, where he lectures on Ottoman architecture and art. From 2001 to 2010 he was the editor-in-chief of the Bulgarian Folklore magazine. He founded the non-periodic series "Islam and Folk Traditions" in the magazine. Works in the field of Bulgarian folk and Revival applied art, Ottoman architecture and art in the Bulgarian lands, ethnology of the Bulgarians and Sufism. He is the author of 7 more books and more than 100 studies and articles.