Rediscovering Objects from Islamic Lands in Enlightenment Europe

Isabelle Dolezalek, Mattia Guidetti

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Routledge
27 May 2024

Art & design styles: Romanticism

Series: Studies in Art Historiography

"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."

Edited by: Isabelle Dolezalek, Mattia Guidetti
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 246mm, Width: 174mm,
Weight: 350g
ISBN: 9780367615956
ISBN 10: 0367615959
Series: Studies in Art Historiography
Pages: 174
Publication Date: 27 May 2024
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

"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"