Islamic Art at The Metropolitan Museum of Art

with Navina Haidar and Sheila Canby
in Art & Design
on Friday, April 27, 2012 * * * * *

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'New Galleries for the Art of the Arab Lands, Turkey, Iran, Central Asia and Later South Asia' at The Metropolitan Museum of Art with Navina Haidar and Sheila Canby

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    1. EthicalHumanist  05/01/2012 03:26 PM Report

      So, who is a real muslim, the artist who creates beautiful works of art, or the guy who blows them up?

    2. REMant  04/30/2012 11:43 AM Report

      It should be noted that depiction of humans, animals and plants in Islamic art is considered idolatrous, particularly by Sunnis and in relation to worship, and therefore is almost always confined to a very private sphere. The natural designs are meant, on the other hand, to reflect the omnipresence of God and the calligraphy convey religious instruction, altho apparently also a little idolatry of a different sort. Wikipedia has a very nice article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_art In this Islam is very like the Protestant reformers, as anyone who has ever been in Boston's North Church and a Baroque cathedral can attest. The Old Testament is the scriptural basis for this, which Jews also observe, but I'm sure it has more universal sources in the psyche. However, in the absence of representation, is this art, or merely artefact?