Islamic art and the museum : approaches to art and archeology of the Muslim world in the twenty-first century / edited by Benoît Junod, Georges Khalil, Stefan Weber, Gerhard Wolf.
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| Language: | English |
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London :
Saqi,
2012.
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| Physical Description: | 374 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm |
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Contents:
- 1 The Role of the Museum in the Study and Knowledge of Islamic Art / Oleg Grabar Grabar, Oleg 17
- 2 A Concert of Things: Thoughts on Objects of Islamic Art in the Museum Context / Stefan Weber Weber, Stefan 28
- Representations of Islamic Art
- 3 The Concept of Islamic Art: Inherited Discourses and New Approaches / Gülru Necipoglu Necipoglu, Gülru 57
- 4 Islamic Art at a Crossroads? / Nasser Rabbat Rabbat, Nasser 76
- 5 Intrinsic Goals and External Influence: On Some Factors Affecting Research and Presentation of Islamic Art / Lorenz Korn Korn, Lorenz 84
- 6 The Study of Islamic Art at a Crossroads, and Humanity as a Whole / Kirsten Scheid Scheid, Kirsten 90
- 7 Preliminary Thoughts on an Entangled Presentation of "Islamic Art" / Vera Beyer Beyer, Vera 95
- Context and Aesthetics
- 8 Multivalent Paradigms of Interpretation and the Aura or Anima of the Object / Avinoam Shalem Shalem, Avinoam 101
- 9 The Stuff of History: Everyday Objects, the Construction of Ambiguous Meanings, and the "Afterlife" of Social Things / Christian Sassmannshausen Sassmannshausen, Christian 116
- 10 The Cultural Turn, the Spatial Turn and the Writing of Middle Eastern History / Gudrun Krämer Krämer, Gudrun 115
- 11 The Power of Layers or the Layers of Power? The Social Life of Things as the Backbone of New Narratives / Beshara Doumani Doumani, Beshara 129
- 11 A Historian's Task: Make Sure the Object Does Not Turn Against Itself in the Museum / Munir Fakher Eldin Eldin, Munir Fakher 135
- 13 Aesthetics Versus Context? Towards New Strategies for the Study of the Object / Martina Müller-Wiener Müller-Wiener, Martina 139
- 14 Islamic Art Versus Material Culture: Museum of Islamic Art or Museum of Islamic Culture? / Julia Gonnella Gonnella, Julia 144
- Foundation and Change
- 15 Subthemes and Overpaint: Exhibiting Islamic Art in American Art Museums / Mary McWilliams McWilliams, Mary 151
- 16 Early Islamic Art History in Germany and Concepts of Object and Exhibition / Jens Kröger Kröger, Jens 173
- 17 Islamic Art and the Invention of the "Masterpiece": Approaches in Early Twentieth-Century Scholarship / Eva Troelenberg Troelenberg, Eva 183
- 18 "The Jameel Gallery at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London: Working from Vision to Reality / Juliette Fritsch Fritsch, Juliette 189
- 19 Do You Speak Islamic Art? The Museological Laboratory / Christine Gerbich Gerbich, Christine, Susan Kamel Kamel, Susan, Susanne Lanwerd Lanwerd, Susanne 201
- 10 Museums of Islamic Art and Public Engagement / Seif El-Rashidi El-Rashidi, Seif 209
- 11 Museums and Their Formation / Miriam Kühn Kühn, Miriam 215
- Examples from the Museum World
- 22 Concepts Behind the New Installation of Islamic Art in the David Collection / Kjeld von Folsach Folsach, Kjeld von 225
- 23 The Option of "Interim" Reinstallation: Brooklyn Museum's Arts of the Islamic World Galleries / Ladan Akbarnia Akbarnia, Ladan 232
- 24 The Museum of Islamic Art, Doha / Oliver Watson Watson, Oliver 264
- 25 Islamic Art in the Hermitage Museum: Projects and Plans / Anton D. Pritula Pritula, Anton D. 270
- 26 Islamic Art at the British Museum: Strategies and Petspectives / Fahmida Suleman Suleman, Fahmida 276
- 27 The Aga Khan Museum in Toronto / Benoit Junod Junod, Benoit 285
- 28 New Spaces for Old Treasures: Plans for the New Museum of Islamic Art at the Pergamon Museum / Stefan Weber Weber, Stefan 293
- 29 "A Wooden Room with Many Doors...": Social, Physical and Intellectual Accessibility at the Museum of Islamic Art in Berlin / Christine Gerbieh Gerbieh, Christine 321.