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Discovering Islamic Art: Scholars, Collectors and Collections, 1850-1950 [Hardcover]

Stephen Vernoit (Editor)


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1860645348 978-1860645341 May 12, 2000
This book explores how collecting and scholarship in the field of Islamic Art developed between c.1850 and c.1950, the period when the intellectual foundations for the study of Islamic art were established. Stephen Vernoit outlines the formation of collections, the role of exhibitions, museums and libraries, the growth of the art market, and the emergence of scholarship.

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Stephen Vernoit lectures in Islamic history and art at Al-Akhawayn University in Ifrane, Morocco.

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  • Hardcover: 218 pages
  • Publisher: I. B. Tauris (May 12, 2000)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1860645348
  • ISBN-13: 978-1860645341
  • Product Dimensions: 9.9 x 7.7 x 1 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 2.3 pounds
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,030,209 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
artistique des peuples, arts musulmans, manuscrits orientaux, enamelled glass, manuscrits arabes, early republican era, oriental department, national pavilions, oriental manuscripts, loan exhibition, orientalist scholars
Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
British Museum, South Kensington Museum, New York, Ugo Monneret de Villard, Topkapi Palace, United States, Middle East, Richard Ettinghausen, First World War, Louis Massignon, Exposition Universelle, Ottoman Empire, Ernst Herzfeld, Friedrich Sarre, Metropolitan Museum, Central Asia, Gaston Migeon, Great Exhibition, Oleg Grabar, Second World War, Lagonikos Collection, Laurence Binyon, Henri Vever, Museum of Arab Art, Arthur Upham Pope
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