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The art of orientation : an exploration of the mosque through objects
\"The art of orientation explores the origin, meaning and functions of the mosque through 116 selected artifacts from across the Islamic world. It employs an original and contemporary approach by incorporating essays from leading Arab and international authors, who provide fresh insights into the fascinating cultural history behind each of the objects. The contributors also illuminate the progression of the mosque from the humble mud-brick enclosure of the original Prophet's Mosque in Medina to the imposing stone structures of Cairo and Istanbul.\"-- Back cover.
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Orientalism and the Reality Effect: Angkor at the Universal Expositions, 1867–1937
During the period of the French protectorate of Cambodia, the Khmer temples of Angkor were prominently displayed at the French expositions of Paris and Marseille from 1867 to 1937. Survey and casting expeditions, which were part and parcel of material practices of colonial appropriation, fueled those three-dimensional reconstructions. This essay investigates the visual strategies and material practices of Orientalism at play in these representations and, in particular, the crucial role of architectural plaster casts made on-site in the construction of the image of colonial Cambodia intended for Western audiences. While plaster casts were materially altered and assembled to create fantasized reconstructions of Khmer monuments, they were simultaneously used to authenticate them-by virtue of their alleged faithfulness to their original referent. This authentication process was emphasized from 1906 onward by performances of the royal troupe of Cambodian dancers, until the contradictions of the French civilizing mission broke through at the 1931 Exposition coloniale at Vincennes.
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The art of orientation : an exploration of the mosque through objects
\"The art of orientation explores the origin, meaning and functions of the mosque through 116 selected artifacts from across the Islamic world. It employs an original and contemporary approach by incorporating essays from leading Arab and international authors, who provide fresh insights into the fascinating cultural history behind each of the objects. The contributors also illuminate the progression of the mosque from the humble mud-brick enclosure of the original Prophet's Mosque in Medina to the imposing stone structures of Cairo and Istanbul.\"-- Back cover.
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The Mirage of Islamic Art: Reflections on the Study of an Unwieldy Field
Blair and Bloom trace the history of Islamic art, which is the visual culture of a place and time when people espoused Islam as a particular religion. Several approches in appreciating Islamic art are also discussed.
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From Pahlavi Isfahan to Pacific Shangri La: Revivıng, Restoring, and Reinventing Safavid Aesthetıcs, ca. 1920–40
This article considers the relationship between self-conscious cultural reawakening in early Pahlavi Iran and the widespread vogue for Persian art and aesthetics in the contemporary United States. The most enduring legacy of “Persomania” in the United States is Doris Duke’s Honolulu home known as Shangri La, which underwent a process of systematic “Persianization” during the formative stage of its history, circa 1937–40. In addition to exploring the fusion between Shangri La’s modernist core and Persian architectural forms (both pre-Islamic and Islamic), this article examines the property’s collection of custom-made Isfahani tilework, which can be classified as Safavid revival and which has significant ramifications for the broader field of Persian ceramic studies.
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Portugal celebrates Islamic art, past and present, with Aga Khan Awards
The Aga Khan Award for Architecture 2013 was held in September in the Portuguese capital. Although Portugal was not among the prize winners, nor even represented on the jury, the Architectural Award assumed the importance of a national celebration of Islamic art, past and present. The award ceremony took place in Lisbon's Sao Jorge Castle, with its Moorish fortifications, in the presence of the president and foreign minister of Portugal, the mayor of Lisbon, leaders of Lisbon's Sunni and Ismaili communities, and the Aga Khan. Simultaneously, the City of Lisbon inaugurated an exhibit on \"Architecture: the Islamic Heritage in Portugal\" in Sao Jorge's main exhibition hall, with the cooperation of the Aga Khan Trust for Culture and the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation. The exhibit features recent excavations of art produced during the Muslim rule in Portugal from 711-1245, and will be open to the public until Jan 6, 2014.
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