[Bilimsel Haber] CfP: Patrons, Makers and Traders: People and Art in the Islamic Middle East (27-28 April 2007)

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CALL FOR PAPERS

Patrons, Makers and Traders: People and Art in the Islamic Middle East

27 & 28 April 2007
10.30-17.00

Lecture Theatre, Victoria and Albert Museum, London

Expression of Interest Deadline: 13 April 2006
Notification on 26 May 2006

This conference will celebrate the new Jameel Gallery of Islamic Art at =
the V&A, which opens in July 2006. It will be a forum for new research =
on the individuals who created Islamic art and the network of social and =
economic relations that linked them.

The Jameel Gallery is dedicated to the art of the Islamic Middle East, =
from Spain to Samarqand and dating, in the main, from the 7th to the =
early 20th century. It will contain outstanding objects made for known =
patrons, and some associated with known individuals and workshops. What =
models do we have to help us understand the relationships between these =
people? Can other disciplines offer us new ways to interpret Islamic =
art?

The Gallery contains a number of items made for the mass market. How do =
they relate to the academic concept of Islamic art, with its traditional =
emphasis on dynasties and patrons? What can archaeology tell us about =
how such things were made and who made them?

The Islamic Middle East was influenced by its import and export of arts =
and crafts. Cultural boundaries were disregarded, as luxury goods were =
imported from every region of the Old World. Their impact on local =
production was enormous. What was the role of foreign merchants at =
Islamic courts? What was the role of Islamic merchants in foreign =
centres of production?

The conference will be organised thematically around the following =
areas:

    * Patrons and Makers: The Domestic Economy
    * Makers, Traders and Markets
    * Patrons and Traders: The Interregional Factor

Please direct enquiries and related correspondence to:

Barry D. Wood, Ph.D.
Curator, Islamic Gallery Project
Asian Department
Victoria & Albert Museum
t: 020 7942 2732
f: 020 7942 2335
e: b.wood@vam.ac.uk

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arts and crafts. Cultural boundaries were disregarded, as luxury goods =
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