Water, Islam and Art: Drop by Drop, Life Falls from the Sky
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By Giovanni Curatola (Text by), Alessandro Vanoli (Editor), Alessandro Vanoli (Text by), Marco Galateri di Genola (Text by)
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Miniatures and artifacts illustrate the abiding mythic resonances of water in the Islamic imagination
There exists an age-old and intimate bond between water and the Islamic world. Water was tamed with the qanat and became a ritual with the hammam; it was venerated as a heavenly gift and feared as a divine punishment. This relationship can be explained only in part by atmospheric conditions: an ancient legacy of previous cultures and civilizations, a deep sense of religion and many complex s...
































