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Beyond orientalism : how the West was won over by Islamic art / Lucien de Guise ; [editor, Zulkifli Ahmad].

Title
Beyond orientalism : how the West was won over by Islamic art / Lucien de Guise ; [editor, Zulkifli Ahmad].
Author
De Guise, Lucien.
Publication
[Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia] : Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia, c2008.

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Additional Authors
  • Zulkifli Ahmad.
  • Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia.
Description
237 p. : col. ill.; 24 cm.
Summary
Global interest in the Islamic world has reached a high point in recent years. At the same time, the influence of Islamic art on the world has declined. This was not always the case. In the past, both Europe and America were inspired by what was then called the 'Orient' and its artistic output. Western painters travelled extensively in the Middle East and India, recording their views of a region that was irresistible to Victorians with a sense of romance. The exhibition 'Beyond Orientalism: How the West was Won over by Islamic art' looks further than Orientalist art. Instead of being about how European and American artists depicted the Islamic world, it shows how the Islamic world changed aesthetics in the West. The aim of the exhibition is to put artefacts from the collection of the Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia alongside the works they inspired. Beyond Orientalism explores a world in which creative inspiration flowed in all directions and the eyes of the West were open to the beauty of Islamic culture. -- Publisher description.
Alternative Title
How the West was won over by Islamic art
Subject
  • Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia > Exhibitions
  • Geschichte
  • Islamic art > Exhibitions
  • Art, European > Islamic influences > Exhibitions
  • Orientalism in art > Exhibitions
  • Art > Kuala Lumpur > Exhibitions
Genre/Form
  • Exhibition catalogs
  • Exhibition catalogs.
Note
  • Published in conjunction with the exhibition 'Beyond orientalism: how the West was won over by Islamic art' held at the Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia from 25 July to 25 October 2008.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 226-235).
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
East and West: estrangement and a wary welcome -- The golden age of Orientalism -- The end of romance.
ISBN
  • 9789384321178 (pbk.)
  • 9384321176 (pbk.)
OCLC
256388280
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library