Bibliograph

Islamic art, past, present, future, edited by Jonathan Bloom and Sheila Blair

Type

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Islamic art, past, present, future, edited by Jonathan Bloom and Sheila Blair

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-335) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Islamic art

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1055263403

Responsibility statement

edited by Jonathan Bloom and Sheila Blair

Sub title

past, present, future

Summary

"Islamic art can be a challenging term in an ever-changing art world. Through the exploration of a wide array of media-from painting, sculpture, and photography to video and multimedia-an internationally renowned group of scholars, collectors, artists, and curators tackles questions such as whether the art has to come from the Middle East, whether it must have a religious component, and, indeed, whether the work of art must be made by a Muslim. Based on a series of papers presented at the 7th Biennial Hamad bin Khalifa Symposium on Islamic Art in 2017, the essays in this volume grapple with these questions from a range of viewpoints. Taken together, these texts, including beautiful illustrations of major works by contemporary artists from the Muslim world, invoke a lively discussion of how the arts of the Islamic lands link the past with the present and the future."--Publisher description

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