Dear Colleagues,
Apologies about cross-posting. Please find below information about the lecture series on Aesthetics and Display of Islamic Art (20 Jan-17 March), which I hope will be of interest.
The second semester of IESA's year-long lecture programme on Collecting, Communicating and Display of Islamic Art starts tomorrow. The strand is devoted to Aesthetics and Display of Islamic Art, and will examine the different media of the art of the Islamic world: architecture, glass, ceramics, metalwork and painting. However, instead of focusing on particular periods and geographical areas, following a chronological order, as done by most traditional courses, the structure of the programme allows the audience to explore the artistic forces, cultural patterns and creative principles of Islamic visuality throughout time and space.
Firstly, the sessions concentrate on the aesthetic principles underlying the different modes of visual expression including ornament, geometry, calligraphy, figurative representation and the making of objects of material culture. Secondly, the course explores issues of communication and display of Islamic art in museums and cultural centres both historically and today.
This strand of the course will discuss the emergence of institutional collecting, the role of museums and their engagement of the public, and the different meanings given to Islamic art in cultural institutions inside and outside the Muslim context. The course comprises 8 study days and one day of visits. The lectures are given by a range of scholars, experts and museum curators including Rebecca Bridgeman (Curator of Islamic and South Asian Arts at Birmingham Museums), Hettie Elgood (Course Director of the Diploma in Asian Art at SOAS), William Greenwood (Curator of Metalwork, Museum of Islamic Art, Doha), Valerie Gonzales (primary tutor of the course, PhD in Human Sciences, the University of Aix-en-Provence, Department of Islamic and Arabic Art and Architecture).
The programme takes place every Tuesday, 10am to 3.15pm at Leighton House Museum (London).
Fees:
-Individual sessions £85
-Semester £750
Concessions available for senior citizens and students.
To book and for further information please visit www.iesa.edu or contact Aliya Sayakhova [log in to unmask]
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