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The first years of the twenty-first century have witnessed an
impressive re-evaluation of Islamic art and archaeology. However,
while museums and galleries become increasingly important forums
for public interest in Muslim cultures, there has been little
discussion about content or categories of order and their new role
in the light of modern Museology, museum pedagogy and new
approaches in other fields of knowledge. 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. The contributors challenge existing notions regarding the
research, methodology and analysis of Islamic art and investigate
the extent to which socio-historical and anthropological approaches
result in new analytical perspectives. They also examine the
difficulties that need to be overcome when presenting Islamic art
to avoid reducing the objects merely to the visual and aesthetic.
Museums covered in detail include the David Collection, Brooklyn
Museum's Arts of the Islamic World Galleries, the Museum of Islamic
Art in Doha, the Hermitage Museum, the British Museum, the Aga Khan
Museum in Toronto and the Pergamon Museum.
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