Islamic art : past, present, future / edited by Jonathan Bloom and Sheila Blair.
Publisher:
Yale University Press in association with Qatar FoundationVirginia Commonwealth University and Virginia Commonwealth University School of the Arts in Qatar,
Copyright Date:
2019
Description:
x, 344 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 30 cm
Based on a series of papers presented at the seventh annual Biennial Hamad bin Khalifa Symposium on Islamic Art and Culture in 2017. Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-335) and index.
Contents:
Question and Answer Panels: Hamad bin Khalifa Symposium on Islamic Art, Virginia Museum of Arts / transcribed by Sarah Kleinman. Islamic Art Now and Then / Linda Komaroff -- Art and Image / Venetia Porter -- Gender, Power, and Tradition / Lalla Essaydi -- Hub Wahad: On Finding Inspiration in a Community of Nomads / Hassan Hajjaj in conversation with Alice Planel -- Reclaiming Indo-Persian Miniature Painting. Reclaiming History: A Feminist Story / Shahzia Sikander in conversation with Rafia Zakaria -- A Shah, a Russian, and My Grandfather: Iranian Photography, a History / Newsha Tavakolvian -- Contemporary or Modern Islamic Art? / H.R.H. Princess Wijdan Fawaz Al Hashemi -- Whose Past is it Anyway? Contemporary Architecture and the Past in the Lands of Islam / Mohammad al-Asad -- Contemporary Trajectories: Iraqi Art in Context / Nada Shabout -- Iranian Cinema Today: An Ode to the Past and New Directions in the Future? / Nacim Pak-Shiraz -- "Islamic" Art in Southeast Asia and Australia: Past, Present, and Future / Stefano Carboni -- Question and Answer Panels: Hamad bin Khalifa Symposium on Islamic Art, Virginia Museum of Arts / transcribed by Sarah Kleinman.
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.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.