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PART 1.
Go to the Art Institute of Chicago and study the exhibition on the Arts of Islam
(the information on opening hours, location, etc. is found at http://www.artic.edu/
). Analyze the exhibition: What types of objects are displayed? In what ways, if
any, do they relate to each other? Are the objects that are grouped together on
the walls or in each display case similar or different? What features and functions
unite these objects? What are your impressions of the exhibition? Summarize
your analysis of the exhibition in 200-400 words. Also staple your admission
ticket to the paper (as well as the notes that you took at the museum).
PART 2.
Now imagine that you are a curator of Islamic Arts in a major museum. You
would like to organize an exhibition on Islamic arts. You are so well connected in
the museum world that you can get any objects that you like for the exhibition
(keep in mind that buildings are not portable). Your museum has a space for
temporary exhibitions that consists of three halls. In creating your proposal, take
into consideration the strengths and weaknesses of the Art Institute exhibition.
Browse the online museum exhibitions below and for further research consult the
bibliography of Bloom and Blair, Islamic Arts. Decide if you want to create a
general exhibition of the entire span of Islamic art, or a more specialized
exhibition on a topic that appeals to you, such as “Spirituality,” “Umayyad
Patronage,” “Luxury Arts,” “Calligraphy,” etc.
You are making an exhibition proposal to the Museum Director. For this you
need to do the following:
1. Outline the theme of the exhibition, how it appeals to you and how you
think it would appeal to the viewing public (no less than 200 words).
2. Provide the list of objects that you would like to have for this exhibition (no
less than 15 objects total – 5 per each hall). For each object, include an
explanation of its importance and relevance to your exhibition
(IMPORTANT: this should be done in your own words). Be sure to
discuss each object’s historical and cultural context and include an image
of the object (no more than 100 words per object).
3. Discuss how you would organize the objects in each of the three halls
(you should have at least five objects in each hall). What is the
overarching theme of each hall? Which objects would you put next to each
other? Why? Will you put objects together by function? By period? By
artistic media? (This narrative should be no less than 250 words total)
4. Provide explanatory texts for each of the halls (no less than 150 words for
each hall). Explain to the public the theme of each hall.
5. Use what you have learned to provide a justification of why this exhibition
should take place (no less than 150 words).
6. Provide a spiffy title for your exhibition.
7. Provide a bibliography of no less than 5 publications (academic books and
articles). PLEASE NOTE: Wikipedia does not constitute a proper
academic reference, DO NOT use it.
In your preparation you might also consider the following resources:
- Museum with No Frontiers:
http://www.discoverislamicart.org/index.php
- Browse the British Museum on-line collection of Islamic arts at:
http://www.britishmuseum.org/ (explore their website with keyword -
islamic)
- Browse the Louvre Museum on-line collection of Islamic arts at:
http://www.louvre.fr/en/moteur-de-recherche-
oeuvres?f_search_art=islamic
- Browse the Victoria and Albert Museum on-line collection of Islamic
arts at:
http://collections.vam.ac.uk/search/?listing_type=...
xtrasearch=&q=islamic&commit=Search&quality=0&objectnamesea
rch=&placesearch=&after=&after-adbc=AD&before=&before-
adbc=AD&namesearch=&materialsearch=&mnsearch=&locationse
arch=
- Freer Gallery on-line collection of Islamic arts at:
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Running Head: ISLAMIC ART MUSEUM EXHIBITION
Islamic Art Museum Exhibition
Student’s name
Institution
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ISLAMIC ART MUSEUM EXHIBITION
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Islamic Art Exhibition; Part I
The Chicago Art Institute is always fun; it is a place where one analyzes the art and can
compare and contrast. My main focus when I visited the Art Institute was to seek out the Islamic
Art especially the artifacts that are mostly used during Islamic rituals. I also wanted to observe
which artifacts were used in olden days and the one that is used in modern days. The prompt of
this assignment made me be curious to know about the religious significance that is associated
with these artifacts. Chicago Museum is large and I took time to trace where these Islamic
artifacts are exhibited.
The Islamic exhibitions present the diverse Islamic world in different geographical
location and period. The exhibitions show how artwork in Islam word deferred about time and
place. The complexity of Islamic religion and history can be studied through an extensive
collection of artworks well displayed both chronologically and about the place of origin.
Exhibitions in the early and medieval period are categorized and placed in one place for close
examination. Another section is dedicated for great history to various empires that existed in the
early history of the Islamic religion. Under this section containing exhibition from various
empires, those from the ottoman of turkey are placed close to each other, followed by those
exhibitions from the Safavid Empire of Iran and then Mughal of India (Victorian Art Museum,
2018). The arrangement shows that the exhibitions are arranged according to themes and
proximity to usage. It can be noted that at one section exhibitions on Islamic ornaments are
arranged according to the year and usage. There is another exhibition on arabesque, those on the
art of the book and those on the figural decoration are placed according to their themes. Unless
one is guided or keen enough, some exhibitions from different parts of the Islamic world may go
unnoticed.
ISLAMIC ART MUSEUM EXHIBITION
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Part II
1. Outline the theme of the exhibition, how it appeals to you and how you think it would
appeal to the viewing public
The theme of the exhibitions is the "Understanding Islam thorough artwork: Religious,
ornamental and patronage diversity." The theme of this exhibition appeals to have an appeal to
both well-founded Muslims and newly converted people into Islam. Since the religion is
experiencing exponential growth in the area, there are many people showing interest in this
religion, and therefore this theme and exhibitions is relevant (Victorian Art Museum, 2018). The
theme is on general Islamic art that will serve as an additional introductory to those who seek to
understand Islam as a whole. The recent converts have interest on this that they might have
heard. The few basic things that beginners in this religion have heard will form a solid
foundation to understand the wealth of the history of Islam as a religion (Victorian Art Museum,
2018). People who are young in the Islamic faith may not have much knowledge about some
detailed historical fact that may require in-depth search and analysis but instead needs those
exhibitions on the pillars of the Islamic religion (Victorian Art Museum, 2018). The exhibition
comes at the time just before the holy month and at the same time peak of local tourism and
therefore the theme is appealing to both Muslims and non-Muslims in the region. Both the
visitors and local will be attracted to this exhibition that is too general on the Islamic artwork.
List of Objects
Q3. Spiritual and life exhibits
Volume 5 of the canon of medicine of Ibn Sina (Avicenna)
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