IMC 2004: Sessions
Session 1618: Islamic Art across the Mediterranean - Conservation, Interpretation, Presentation, V: Islamic Art and its Presentation
Thursday 15 July 2004, 11.15-12.45
Sponsor: | Society for the Medieval Mediterranean |
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Organiser: | Gerald Crowson, Society for the Medieval Mediterranean, Norwich |
Moderator/Chair: | Ian Richard Netton, Department of Arabic & Middle Eastern Studies, University of Leeds |
Paper 1618-a | The Orient Displayed: The Presentation of Islam in British Museums (Language: English) Index terms: Art History - General, Islamic & Arabic Studies |
Paper 1618-b | Presenting Islamic Art to a Western Audience: The Museums' Challenge (Language: English) Index terms: Art History - General, Islamic & Arabic Studies |
Paper 1618-c | Re-Defining the Museum: MWNF and the Exhibition Cycle 'Islamic Art in the Mediterranean' (Language: English) Index terms: Art History - General, Islamic & Arabic Studies |
Abstract | This session will address the question of how Islamic art can be most effectively presented, both in museums in the West and in its home environment, in those countries in North Africa and the Middle East where this are was born. The work of key Islamic galleries in the West and the innovative project MWNF will be described. |