Islamic Art and the Museum provides a historical and conceptual analysis of Islamic art and documents the successes and failings of its presentation in museums worldwide. The contributors challenge existing notions on 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 Brooklyn Museum's Arts of the Islamic World Galleries and the Aga Khan Museum in Toronto, Ontario.

Edited by Beno t Junod, Georges Khalil, Stefan Weber, and Gerhard Wolf.

Author: Benoît Junod
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Saqi Books
Published: 05/14/2013
Pages: 401
Weight: 1.8lbs
Size: 9.40h x 6.80w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9780863564130

About the Author
Benoit Junod: Benoit Junod is the Director of the Museums and Exhibitions Unit of Aga Khan Trust for Culture.
Georges Khalil: Georges Khalil is the Director of the Berlin-based research programme 'Europe in the Middle East - The Middle East in Europe' (EUME).

Stefan Weber: Stefan Weber is the Director of the Museum of Islamic Art at the Pergamon Museum in Berlin.
Gerhard Wolf: Gerhard Wolf is the Director of the Kunsthistorisches Institut / Max-Planck Institute in Florence.