Feeling uncomfortable in the nineteenth century’
The historical excision of the nineteenth century from the master-narrative of Islamic art history has had a number of far-reaching consequences. This essay takes an overview of the current status of nineteenth-century materials in the overarching story of Islamic art, analyzing the aspects of the c...
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Department of Art History, University of Birmingham
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| description | The historical excision of the nineteenth century from the master-narrative of Islamic art history has had a number of far-reaching consequences. This essay takes an overview of the current status of nineteenth-century materials in the overarching story of Islamic art, analyzing the aspects of the century’s artistic production that have started to be tentatively admitted to the canon in recent years, and attempting to find some answers to the obvious question: what is so wrong with the nineteenth century? In the second part of the study taxonomic and ethnographic concerns, encoded into the discipline during its formation in the nineteenth century, are explored to expose the intellectual underpinnings, and inadvertent consequences, of the medievalization of Islamic art. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8b4baf9b006949629dd37230dbc293df2022-12-22T03:47:09ZengDepartment of Art History, University of BirminghamJournal of Art Historiography2042-47522012-06-0166MSG/1Feeling uncomfortable in the nineteenth century’Margaret S. GravesThe historical excision of the nineteenth century from the master-narrative of Islamic art history has had a number of far-reaching consequences. This essay takes an overview of the current status of nineteenth-century materials in the overarching story of Islamic art, analyzing the aspects of the century’s artistic production that have started to be tentatively admitted to the canon in recent years, and attempting to find some answers to the obvious question: what is so wrong with the nineteenth century? In the second part of the study taxonomic and ethnographic concerns, encoded into the discipline during its formation in the nineteenth century, are explored to expose the intellectual underpinnings, and inadvertent consequences, of the medievalization of Islamic art.http://arthistoriography.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/graves.pdfnineteenth centurymedievalizationrevival stylesOccidentalizing artQajar paintingJohannes Fabianmaster-narrative of Islamic artethnographypost-Enlightenment taxonomy |
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| topic | nineteenth century medievalization revival styles Occidentalizing art Qajar painting Johannes Fabian master-narrative of Islamic art ethnography post-Enlightenment taxonomy |
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