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Modern Arab Art: Formation of Arab Aesthetics
Nada M. Shabout
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Description for Modern Arab Art: Formation of Arab Aesthetics
Paperback. Provides a historical and theoretical overview of the subject from the 1940s through today. With particular emphasis on production, reception, and the intersection between art and politcs in Iraq and Palestine, Nada Shabout reveals the fallacy in Western fascination with Arab art as a timeless and exotic "other". Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: ACBP; JFSR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 388.
Avoiding a focus on a single country or style, Modern Arab Art provides a historical and theoretical overview of the subject from the 1940s through today. Author Nada Shabout recognises the important distinction between Arabic art and Islamic art and views them as overlapping rather than synonymous subjects. Based on extensive interviews with Arab artists, reviews of Arabic resources, and visits to numerous sites and galleries in the Arab world, Shabout provides a much-needed introduction to a field that has been long neglected. With particular emphasis on production, reception, and the intersection between art and politics in ... Read moreIraq and Palestine, she reveals the fallacy in Western fascination with Arab art as a timeless and exotic other . Central in her investigation are questions of colonialism, Orientalism, class, and the duality of tradition and modernity. Shabout also offers a penetrating analysis of the use of the Arabic letter, a major trend in modern Arab art. Show Less
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University Press of Florida
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Florida, United States
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About Nada M. Shabout
Nada M. Shabout is associate professor of art education and art history at the University of North Texas, USA and author of Arab Express - The Latest from the Arab World.
Reviews for Modern Arab Art: Formation of Arab Aesthetics
Art is one way to visualize the interconnectedness of people and this book shows us how related in influence and aspirations we all are. One of the first publications to consider the various cultural and social conditions that have helped shape Modern Arab Art as a recent phenomenon linked to the rise of Arab identity, the impact of ... Read morewestern art training, and a search for a contemporary language. One of the first publications to consider the various cultural and social conditions that have helped shape modern Arab art as a recent phenomenon linked to the rise of Arab identity, the impact of Western art training, and a search for a contemporary language which links with Islamic art but is discontinuous with it.
Fran Lloyd, author of Art beyond Exile Readers who are unaware of the broader context within which Arabic art operates will find much to learn here.
Journal of Aesthetic Education An in-depth look at the difference between 'Islamic art' and 'Arab art' as well as the inherent similarities. . . . This book should help encourage further investigations of this new and interesting art. Recommended.
Choice Nicely adorned visually with several score attractive and instructive illustrations, and deserves a place in library collections including global art holdings.
Religion and the Arts A work of great interest that raises the bar for future studies of modern art and of cultural history in the Arab world.
Middle East Journal An in-depth look at the difference between Islamic art and Arab art as well as the inherent similarities. . . . This book should help encourage further investigations of this new and interesting art. Recommended. Choice A work of great interest that raises the bar for future studies of modern art and of cultural history in the Arab world. Middle East Journal Nicely adorned visually with several score attractive and instructive illustrations, and deserves a place in library collections including global art holdings. Religion and the Arts One of the first publications to consider the various cultural and social conditions that have helped shape modern Arab art as a recent phenomenon linked to the rise of Arab identity, the impact of Western art training, and a search for a contemporary language which links with Islamic art but is discontinuous with it. Fran Lloyd, author of Art beyond Exile Readers who are unaware of the broader context within which Arabic art operates will find much to learn here. Journal of Aesthetic Education One of the first publications to consider the various cultural and social conditions that have helped shape modern Arab art as a recent phenomenon linked to the rise of Arab identity, the impact of Western art training, and a search for a contemporary language which links with Islamic art but is discontinuous with it. Fran Lloyd, author of Art beyond Exile Readers who are unaware of the broader context within which Arabic art operates will find much to learn here. Journal of Aesthetic Education Nicely adorned visually with several score attractive and instructive illustrations, and deserves a place in library collections including global art holdings. Religion and the Arts A work of great interest that raises the bar for future studies of modern art and of cultural history in the Arab world. Middle East Journal An in-depth look at the difference between Islamic art and Arab art as well as the inherent similarities. . . . This book should help encourage further investigations of this new and interesting art. Recommended. Choice An in-depth look at the difference between 'Islamic art' and 'Arab art' as well as the inherent similarities. . . . This book should help encourage further investigations of this new and interesting art. Recommended.
Choice One of the first publications to consider the various cultural and social conditions that have helped shape modern Arab art as a recent phenomenon linked to the rise of Arab identity, the impact of Western art training, and a search for a contemporary language which links with Islamic art but is discontinuous with it.
Fran Lloyd, author of Art beyond Exile Groundbreaking. Shabout elucidates two critical issues that have thus far received inadequate scholarly attention
the distinction between Islamic Art and Arab Art and the relatedness of the political and artistic processes in the history of Arab modernity.
Shiva Balaghi, coeditor of Picturing Iran: Art, Society and Revolution Nicely adorned visually with several score attractive and instructive illustrations, and deserves a place in library collections including global art holdings.
Religion and the Arts A work of great interest that raises the bar for future studies of modern art and of cultural history in the Arab world.
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