This volume provides a historical and conceptual analysis of Islamic art and documents the successes and failings of its presentation in museums worldwide thus far.
This volume provides a historical and conceptual analysis of Islamic art and documents the successes and failings of its presentation in museums worldwide thus far.
Contents Introduction: Islamic Art and the Museum Benoît Junod, Georges Khalil, Stefan Weber, Gerhard Wolf 1. The Role of the Museum in the Study and Knowledge of Islamic Art Oleg Grabar 2. A Concert of Things. Thoughts on Objects of Islamic Art in the Museum Context Stefan Weber Representations of Islamic Art: 3. The Concept of Islamic Art: Inherited Discourses and New Approaches Gülru Necipoglu 4. Islamic Art at a Crossroads? Nasser Rabbat 5. Intrinsic Goals and External Influence: On Some Factors Affecting Research and Presentation of Islamic Art Lorenz Korn 6. The Study of Islamic Art at a Crossroads, and Humanity as a Whole Kirsten Scheid 7. Preliminary Thoughts on an Entangled Presentation of "Islamic Art" Vera Beyer Context and Aesthetics: 8. Multivalent Paradigms of Interpretation and the Aura or Anima of the Object Avinoam Shalem 9. The Stuff of History: Everyday Objects, the Construction of Ambiguous Meanings, and the "Afterlife" of Social Things Christian Sassmannshausen 10. The Cultural Turn, the Spatial Turn, and the Writing of Middle Eastern History Gudrun Krämer 11. The Power of Layers or the Layers of Power? The Social Life of Things as the Backbone of New Narratives Beshara Doumani 12. A Historian's Task: Make Sure the Object Does Not Turn Against Itself in the Museum Munir Fakher Eldin 13. Aesthetics Versus Context? Towards New Strategies for the Study of the Object Martina Müller-Wiener 14. Islamic Art Versus Material Culture: Museum of Islamic Art or Museum of Islamic Culture? Julia Gonnella Foundation and Change: 15. Subthemes and Overpaint: Exhibiting Islamic Art in American Art Museums Mary McWilliams 16. Early Islamic Art History in Germany and Concepts of Object and Exhibition Jens Kröger 17. Islamic Art and the Invention of the "Masterpiece": Approaches in Early Twentieth-Century Scholarship Eva Troelenberg 18. The Jameel Gallery at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London: Working from Vision to Reality Juliette Fritsch 19. Do You Speak Islamic Art? The Museological Laboratory Susan Kamel, Christine Gerbich, Susanne Lanwerd 20. Museums of Islamic Art and Public Engagement Seif El-Rashidi 21. Museums and Their Formation Miriam Kühn Examples from the Museum World: 22. Concepts Behind the New Installation of Islamic Art in the David Collection Kjeld von Folsach 23. The Option of "Interim" Reinstallation: Brooklyn Museum's Arts of the Islamic World Galleries Ladan Akbarnia 24. The Museum of Islamic Art, Doha Oliver Watson 25. Islamic Art in the Hermitage Museum: Projects and Plans Anton D. Pritula 26. Islamic Art at the British Museum: Strategies and Perspectives Fahmida Suleman 27. The Aga Khan Museum in Toronto Benoît Junod 28. New Spaces for Old Treasures: Plans for the New Museum of Islamic Art at the Pergamon Museum Stefan Weber 29. "A Wooden Room with Many Doors...": Social, Physical and Intellectual Accessibility at the Museum of Islamic Art in Berlin Christine Gerbich Notes on Contributors Notes Sources Acknowledgements List of Illustrations Index
Contents Introduction: Islamic Art and the Museum Benoît Junod, Georges Khalil, Stefan Weber, Gerhard Wolf 1. The Role of the Museum in the Study and Knowledge of Islamic Art Oleg Grabar 2. A Concert of Things. Thoughts on Objects of Islamic Art in the Museum Context Stefan Weber Representations of Islamic Art: 3. The Concept of Islamic Art: Inherited Discourses and New Approaches Gülru Necipoglu 4. Islamic Art at a Crossroads? Nasser Rabbat 5. Intrinsic Goals and External Influence: On Some Factors Affecting Research and Presentation of Islamic Art Lorenz Korn 6. The Study of Islamic Art at a Crossroads, and Humanity as a Whole Kirsten Scheid 7. Preliminary Thoughts on an Entangled Presentation of "Islamic Art" Vera Beyer Context and Aesthetics: 8. Multivalent Paradigms of Interpretation and the Aura or Anima of the Object Avinoam Shalem 9. The Stuff of History: Everyday Objects, the Construction of Ambiguous Meanings, and the "Afterlife" of Social Things Christian Sassmannshausen 10. The Cultural Turn, the Spatial Turn, and the Writing of Middle Eastern History Gudrun Krämer 11. The Power of Layers or the Layers of Power? The Social Life of Things as the Backbone of New Narratives Beshara Doumani 12. A Historian's Task: Make Sure the Object Does Not Turn Against Itself in the Museum Munir Fakher Eldin 13. Aesthetics Versus Context? Towards New Strategies for the Study of the Object Martina Müller-Wiener 14. Islamic Art Versus Material Culture: Museum of Islamic Art or Museum of Islamic Culture? Julia Gonnella Foundation and Change: 15. Subthemes and Overpaint: Exhibiting Islamic Art in American Art Museums Mary McWilliams 16. Early Islamic Art History in Germany and Concepts of Object and Exhibition Jens Kröger 17. Islamic Art and the Invention of the "Masterpiece": Approaches in Early Twentieth-Century Scholarship Eva Troelenberg 18. The Jameel Gallery at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London: Working from Vision to Reality Juliette Fritsch 19. Do You Speak Islamic Art? The Museological Laboratory Susan Kamel, Christine Gerbich, Susanne Lanwerd 20. Museums of Islamic Art and Public Engagement Seif El-Rashidi 21. Museums and Their Formation Miriam Kühn Examples from the Museum World: 22. Concepts Behind the New Installation of Islamic Art in the David Collection Kjeld von Folsach 23. The Option of "Interim" Reinstallation: Brooklyn Museum's Arts of the Islamic World Galleries Ladan Akbarnia 24. The Museum of Islamic Art, Doha Oliver Watson 25. Islamic Art in the Hermitage Museum: Projects and Plans Anton D. Pritula 26. Islamic Art at the British Museum: Strategies and Perspectives Fahmida Suleman 27. The Aga Khan Museum in Toronto Benoît Junod 28. New Spaces for Old Treasures: Plans for the New Museum of Islamic Art at the Pergamon Museum Stefan Weber 29. "A Wooden Room with Many Doors...": Social, Physical and Intellectual Accessibility at the Museum of Islamic Art in Berlin Christine Gerbich Notes on Contributors Notes Sources Acknowledgements List of Illustrations Index
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