Islamic Art In The 19th Century

Author : Doris Behrens-Abouseif,Stephen Vernoit
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 457 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789004144422

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Islamic Art in the 19th Century by Doris Behrens-Abouseif,Stephen Vernoit Pdf

This collection of essays provides a timely reassessment of nineteenth-century Islamic art and architecture. The essays demonstrate that the arts of that era were vibrant and diverse, making ingenious use of native traditions and materials or adopting imported conventions and new technologies. However, traditionalists, revivalists and modernists all referred in one way or another to an Islamic heritage, whether to reinvent, revive or reject it. Beginning with an historical introduction and an assessment of changing attitudes towards the visual arts the following essays provide case studies of architecture and art in Ottoman Turkey, Egypt, Morocco, sub-Saharan Africa, Iran, Central Asia, India and the Caribbean. They examine such issues as patronage, sources of artistic inspiration and responses to European art. The essays have a relevance and importance for our understanding of the societies and attitudes of that time, and have a direct bearing on the more general debate concerning cultural identity and the integration of modern ideas in the Muslim world. The book is richly illustrated with very many illustrations in black-and-white and in full colour.

Author : Isabelle Gadoin
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2021-09-09
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781000437003

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Private Collectors of Islamic Art in Late Nineteenth-Century London by Isabelle Gadoin Pdf

This book examines British collectors of so-called Persian art (a broad umbrella term then covering a large portion of Islamic art) in the late 19th century, including ceramics, metalwork, carpets, textiles and woodwork. Based on a foundational event, the very first exhibition of “Persian and Arab Art” held by a London Gentlemen’s Club in 1885, this book follows one generation of men, retracing the subtle shades of difference among “amateurs,” “connoisseurs,” “experts” and “collectors,” and exploring all the mechanisms of the construction of a collective fascination for the Orient. Isabelle Gadoin uncovers some of the first “scientific” analyses of Islamic objects and of the first private notebooks or exhibition catalogues, to provide an in-depth study of the way Westerners talked about Islamic objects and began to define what would become Islamic art history. All the while, Gadoin unravels the skein of Western prejudice, Romantic fancy, sincere admiration and ruthless appropriation, in art collecting, to write a new chapter of Orientalist history. The book will be of interest to scholars working in art history, history of collecting, colonialism and postcolonialism, and Orientalism.

Author : Francine Giese,Mercedes Volait,Ariane Varela Braga
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2019-11-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004412644

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À l’orientale: Collecting, Displaying and Appropriating Islamic Art and Architecture in the 19th and Early 20th Centuries by Francine Giese,Mercedes Volait,Ariane Varela Braga Pdf

The present volume offers an overview of collecting and displaying Islamic art during the long nineteenth century. A section of the volume focuses on the figure of the Swiss collector Henri Moser Charlottenfels. Special attention is given to little-known collections in Eastern Europe and beyond. L’ouvrage fournit un panorama du collectionnisme d’art islamique au cours du long XIXe siècle, en mettant l’accent sur la figure d’Henri Moser Charlottenfels et des collections méconnues situées en Europe central, et au-delà.

Author : Stephen Vernoit
Publisher : I.B. Tauris
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2000-02-29
Category : Art
ISBN : UOM:39015049531638

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Discovering Islamic Art by Stephen Vernoit Pdf

This book explores how collecting and scholarship in the field of Islamic Art developed between c.1850 and c.1950, the period when the intellectual foundations for the study of Islamic art were established. Stephen Vernoit outlines the formation of collections, the role of exhibitions, museums and libraries, the growth of the art market, and the emergence of scholarship.

Author : Wijdan Ali
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Art
ISBN : 081301526X

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Modern Islamic Art by Wijdan Ali Pdf

"The first monograph to successfully address the dual questions of the development of painting in the Islamic lands in the 19th and 20th centuries and the significance of an indigenous 20th-century artistic tradition . . . presents a lucid and objective discussion of provocative questions related to the evolution of contemporary painting from Islamic lands, including the role of colonial institutions, indigenous patronage, art education, and the formation of a national artistic identity."--Layla S. Diba, associate curator for Islamic art, Brooklyn Museum In this beautifully illustrated book, Wijdan Ali offers a historical survey of the development of modern painting in the Islamic world from the 19th century to the present. She provides background on dominant artistic traditions before 1900 as well as an evaluation of the loss of traditional aesthetics under the impress of Western culture. Ali also explores the persistence and reemergence of calligraphic art as an expression of national artistic identity, and hers is the first book to consider in depth the modern calligraphic school. Ali's account begins with a descriptive survey of the development of contemporary art in the heartland of Islam, from Morocco to Iran. Her discussion incorporates the historical, political, social, and economic factors that brought about artistic and aesthetic changes in the region. Building on this survey, she analyzes the factors behind the evolution of various styles of calligraphic art, their substyles and adherents, and their respective places within the contemporary calligraphic school. In an appendix, she provides biographical data on the most influential modern Islamic artists. More than 150 color and black-and-white photographs allow the reader to see and appreciate the beauty and importance of these works. While a few recent collection catalogs have hinted at the growing interest in the art of the Islamic world, Ali's study is by far the most comprehensive yet undertaken of Islamic art in the contemporary period. It will substantially expand the study and concept of "modern art" beyond the narrow province of American and western European schools and establish a broad foundation for future investigation of modern artistic movements in the Middle East. Wijdan Ali is a painter, art historian, and lecturer at the Institute of Diplomacy, Amman, Jordan. Her most recent publications are What Is Islamic Art? (1996) and Modern Art in Jordan (1996).

Author : Benabed, Aicha; Bisheh, Ghazi; Al-Asad, Mohammad
Publisher : Museum With No Frontiers, MWNF (Museum Ohne Grenzen)
Page : 607 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2024-04-09
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9783902966254

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DISCOVER ISLAMIC ART in the Mediterranean by Benabed, Aicha; Bisheh, Ghazi; Al-Asad, Mohammad Pdf

The great Islamic Dynasties of the Mediterranean are the protagonists of this book, together with their fascinating artistic and cultural legacy. Thirty-nine scholars, museum curators and experts in cultural heritage, from 14 countries in Europe, North Africa and the Middle East, are the authors of the 22 chapters that take the reader through 13 centuries of Islamic history from the period of the Prophet Muhammad up until the end of the Ottoman Empire (1922). Discover Islamic Art in the Mediterranean is a collaborative work that was written for all those who share our idea that there is not only one history, but that at least as many histories as peoples exist. The idea of this book is to contribute to a historically more accurate and thus more authentic understanding of Islam by offering different perspectives of interpreting history, art and culture. This Book is published to complement the www.discoverislamicart.org Virtual Museum and its cycle of 18 Virtual Exhibitions Discover Islamic Art in the Mediterranean.

Author : Elsie Holmes Peck,Sally DeVries
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 142 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : Art
ISBN : UOM:39015064117453

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Islamic Art from Michigan Collections by Elsie Holmes Peck,Sally DeVries Pdf

Author : David J. Roxburgh,Mary McWilliams,Farshid Emami,Mira Xenia Schwerda
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2017-01-01
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780300229196

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Technologies of the Image by David J. Roxburgh,Mary McWilliams,Farshid Emami,Mira Xenia Schwerda Pdf

-This catalogue accompanies the exhibition Technologies of the Image: Art in 19th-Century Iran, on view at the Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, Massachusetts, from August 26, 2017 through January 7, 2018.-

Author : Jonathan M. Bloom
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 469 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2017-05-15
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781351942584

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Early Islamic Art and Architecture by Jonathan M. Bloom Pdf

This volume deals with the formative period of Islamic art (to c. 950), and the different approaches to studying it. Individual essays deal with architecture, ceramics, coins, textiles, and manuscripts, as well as with such broad questions as the supposed prohibition of images, and the relationships between sacred and secular art. An introductory essay sets each work in context; it is complemented by a bibliography for further reading.

Author : Margaret S. Graves,Alex Dika Seggerman
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2022-04-19
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780253060358

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Making Modernity in the Islamic Mediterranean by Margaret S. Graves,Alex Dika Seggerman Pdf

The Islamic world's artistic traditions experienced profound transformation in the 19th century as rapidly developing technologies and globalizing markets ushered in drastic changes in technique, style, and content. Despite the importance and ingenuity of these developments, the 19th century remains a gap in the history of Islamic art. To fill this opening in art historical scholarship, Making Modernity in the Islamic Mediterranean charts transformations in image-making, architecture, and craft production in the Islamic world from Fez to Istanbul. Contributors focus on the shifting methods of production, reproduction, circulation, and exchange artists faced as they worked in fields such as photography, weaving, design, metalwork, ceramics, and even transportation. Covering a range of media and a wide geographical spread, Making Modernity in the Islamic Mediterranean reveals how 19th-century artists in the Middle East and North Africa reckoned with new tools, materials, and tastes from local perspectives.

Author : Jonathan M. Bloom,Sheila Blair
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 576 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Art, Islamic
ISBN : UOM:39015080838827

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The Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art and Architecture: Mosul to Zirid by Jonathan M. Bloom,Sheila Blair Pdf

"Deals with all aspects of Islamic art and architecture ranging from the Middle East to Africa to Central, South, and East Asia and includes entries on artists, rulers, writers, ceramics, sculpture, metalwork, painting, calligraphy, textiles, and more"--Provided by publisher.

Author : Jonathan Bloom,Sheila Blair
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 1697 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2009-05-14
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780195309911

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Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art & Architecture: Three-Volume Set by Jonathan Bloom,Sheila Blair Pdf

The Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art and Architecture is the most comprehensive reference work in this complex and diverse area of art history. Built on the acclaimed scholarship of the Grove Dictionary of Art, this work offers over 1,600 up-to-date entries on Islamic art and architecture ranging from the Middle East to Central and South Asia, Africa, and Europe and spans over a thousand years of history. Recent changes in Islamic art in areas such as Afghanistan, Iran, and Iraq are elucidated here by distinguished scholars. Entries provide in-depth art historical and cultural information about dynasties, art forms, artists, architecture, rulers, monuments, archaeological sites and stylistic developments. In addition, over 500 illustrations of sculpture, mosaic, painting, ceramics, architecture, metalwork and calligraphy illuminate the rich artistic tradition of the Islamic world. With the fundamental understanding that Islamic art is not limited to a particular region, or to a defined period of time, The Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art and Architecture offers pathways into Islamic culture through its art.

Author : Finbarr Barry Flood,Gulru Necipoglu
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 1448 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2017-06-16
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781119068570

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A Companion to Islamic Art and Architecture by Finbarr Barry Flood,Gulru Necipoglu Pdf

The two-volume Companion to Islamic Art and Architecture bridges the gap between monograph and survey text by providing a new level of access and interpretation to Islamic art. The more than 50 newly commissioned essays revisit canonical topics, and include original approaches and scholarship on neglected aspects of the field. This two-volume Companion showcases more than 50 specially commissioned essays and an introduction that survey Islamic art and architecture in all its traditional grandeur Essays are organized according to a new chronological-geographical paradigm that remaps the unprecedented expansion of the field and reflects the nuances of major artistic and political developments during the 1400-year span The Companion represents recent developments in the field, and encourages future horizons by commissioning innovative essays that provide fresh perspectives on canonical subjects, such as early Islamic art, sacred spaces, palaces, urbanism, ornament, arts of the book, and the portable arts while introducing others that have been previously neglected, including unexplored geographies and periods, transregional connectivities, talismans and magic, consumption and networks of portability, museums and collecting, and contemporary art worlds; the essays entail strong comparative and historiographic dimensions The volumes are accompanied by a map, and each subsection is preceded by a brief outline of the main cultural and historical developments during the period in question The volumes include periods and regions typically excluded from survey books including modern and contemporary art-architecture; China, Indonesia, Sub-Saharan Africa, Sicily, the New World (Americas)

Author : Jonathan M. Bloom,Sheila Blair
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 600 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Art, Islamic
ISBN : UOM:39015080838801

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The Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art and Architecture: Abarquh to Dawlat Qatar by Jonathan M. Bloom,Sheila Blair Pdf

"Deals with all aspects of Islamic art and architecture ranging from the Middle East to Africa to Central, South, and East Asia and includes entries on artists, rulers, writers, ceramics, sculpture, metalwork, painting, calligraphy, textiles, and more"--Provided by publisher.

Author : Zürcher Kunstgesellschaft
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2023-03
Category : Art
ISBN : 3777441228

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Re-Orientations by Zürcher Kunstgesellschaft Pdf

A wide variety of works explore the relationship between Islamic art and modernism in Western Europe. The art and architecture of the Islamic world strongly influenced the development of Western modernism. Re-Orientations reflects the diversity of this fascinating cultural exchange by showcasing a rich variety of works from the mid-nineteenth century to the present day, including drawings, watercolors, paintings, photographs, ceramics, textiles, videos, installations, and more. During the nineteenth century European collectors caught in Orientalism and "Islamophilia" began to acquire Islamic art. With the advent of modernism, avant-garde artists and those working in the applied arts sought inspiration in the forms and colors of Islamic art. The catalog, which accompanies a 2023 exhibit at the Kunsthaus Zürich, delves into this historical context and more to examine the relationships between the featured works. Re-Orientations showcases art by Hélène Adant, Anila Quayyum Agha, Marwan Bassiouni, Edmond Bénard, Henriette Browne, Karl Gerstner, Jean-Léon Gérôme, Jaʿfar ibn Najaf ʿAli, Elisabeth Jerichau-Baumann, Wassily Kandinsky, Gülsün Karamustafa, Bouchra Khalili, Paul Klee, J. & L. Lobmeyr, Henri Matisse, Gabriele Münter, MuhammadʿAli Ashraf, Muhammad Jaʿfar, Muhammad Yusuf, Osman Hamdi Bey, Lotte Reiniger, Charles Claude Rudhardt, and Salah al-Din, as well as historic pieces by unknown artists from Algeria, Egypt, India, Iran, Iraq, Morocco, Spain, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, and Uzbekistan.