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Rediscovering Objects from Islamic Lands in Enlightenment Europe

Isabelle Dolezalek Mattia Guidetti

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English
Routledge
31 December 2021
"This book argues that the provenance of early modern and medieval objects from Islamic lands was largely forgotten until the ""long"" eighteenth century, when the first efforts were made to reconnect them with the historical contexts in which they were produced.

For the first time, these Islamicate objects were read, studied and classified – and given a new place in history. Freed by scientific interest, they were used in new ways and found new homes, including in museums. More generally, the process of ""rediscovery"" opened up the prehistory of the discipline of Islamic art history and had a significant impact on conceptions of cultural boundaries, differences and identity.

The book will be of interest to scholars working in the history of art, the art of the Islamic world, early modern history and art historiography."
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Imprint:   Routledge
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 246mm,  Width: 174mm, 
Weight:   453g
ISBN:   9780367609474
ISBN 10:   0367609479
Series:   Studies in Art Historiography
Pages:   174
Publication Date:  
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Primary ,  A / AS level
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
"Introduction Isabelle Dolezalek and Mattia Guidetti Part I: Changing Perceptions 1. Changing Perceptions of Middle Eastern Objects and Cultures in Eighteenth-Century Europe Anna Contadini 2. Reading Ottoman Banners in the State of the Church Mattia Guidetti Part II: Protagonists 3. Oluf Gerhard Tychsen: Orientalist and Object Interpreter in Rostock Isabelle Dolezalek 4. Beyond Manuscripts: Maronite Christians as Object Interpreters in Early Modern Europe Tobias Mörike Part III: Whose Heritage? 5. The ""Baptistère de Saint Louis"": The Making of a ""Historical Monument"" Carine Juvin 6. ""Nuestros árabes""? The Rediscovery of Spanish Islamic Architecture from an Enlightened Gaze Miriam Cera Brea"

Isabelle Dolezalek is Junior Professor of History of Art at the University of Greifswald, Germany. Mattia Guidetti is Senior Assistant Professor of History of Islamic Art at the University of Bologna, Italy.

Reviews for Rediscovering Objects from Islamic Lands in Enlightenment Europe

Dolezalek's and Guidetti's volume is a valuable and innovative contribution within this wider field, as it does indeed identify a gap of historiographic knowledge, particularly considering the important transitional phase of the eighteenth century. --Journal of Art Historiography


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