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Revision as of 17:01, 20 August 2024
Exhibition "Meisterwerke muhammedanischer Kunst" ("Masterpieces of Muhammadan Art") took place in Theresienhöhe in München 1910.
With around 3,600 objects from more than 260 collections, it was the largest exhibition of the Islamic art before WW1. It gave the western viewer a comprehensive historical picture of the arts in Muslim countries and thus prepared the ground for further scientific research into them. Objects that had previously been considered popular or arts and crafts were elevated to the status of "masterpieces"[1].
According to modern scholars it was the turning point: it broke away from the previously dominant idea of orientalism and exotic fantasy and led to an objective view of the visual culture of the Islamic world[1]. Naming the Islamic items as "masterpieces", it layed claim to bestow upon Islamic art “a place equal to that of other cultural periods”[2].
Bibliography
- Die Ausstellung von Meisterwerken muhammedanischer Kunst in Munchen, 1912. (Catalogue)
- After One Hundred Years. The 1910 Exhibition "Meisterwerke muhammedanischer Kunst" Reconsidered. Ed. Andrea Lermer and Avinoam Shalem. 2010. ISBN: 978-90-04-19001-6
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References
- ^ a b "Zukunft der Tradition — Tradition der Zukunft. 100 Jahre nach der Ausstellung "Meisterwerke Muhammedanischer Kunst" in München". Haus der Kunst (in German). Retrieved 2024-08-20.
- ^ "After One Hundred Years: The 1910 Exhibition "Meisterwerke muhammedanischer Kunst" Reconsidered", After One Hundred Years, Brill, 2010-08-23, ISBN 978-90-04-19102-0, retrieved 2024-08-20