Islamic Art in the 19th Century: Tradition, Innovation, and Eclecticism 9004144420, 9789004144422

Table of contents :
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
Foreword
An Historical Introduction to the Nineteenth Century: Trends and Influences
The Visual Arts in Nineteenth-Century Muslim Thought
Nineteenth-Century Ottoman Funerary Architecture: From Innovation to Eclecticism
Continuity and Change in Nineteenth-Century Istanbul: Sultan Abdülaziz and the Beylerbeyi Palace
After Müstakim-zade
The Visual Transformation of Egypt during the Reign of Muhammad ʿAli
Appropriating Orientalism? Saber Sabri’s Mamluk Revivals
in Late-Nineteenth-Century Cairo
The Survival of Textile Manufacture in Morocco in the Nineteenth Century
Keeping the Faith: Islam and West African Art History in the Nineteenth Century
Ancestral Themes in the Art of Qajar Iran, 1785–1925
Innovation and Revivalism in Later Persian Calligraphy: The Visal Family of Shiraz
An Encounter between Qajar Iran and the West: The Rashtrapati Bhavan Painting of Fath ʿAli Shah at the Hunt
The Visual Language of Qajar Medals
Almost Hilariously Bad: Iranian Pottery in the Nineteenth
Century
Nineteenth-Century Tilework at Khiva
Architecture and Identity in Three Indian States
Art for Twenty-Four Hours
Select Bibliography
Index

Citation preview

ISLAMIC ART IN THE 19TH CENTURY

ISLAMIC HISTORY AND CIVILIZATION STUDIES AND TEXTS edited by WADAD KADI AND

ROTRAUD WIELANDT

VOLUME 60

ISLAMIC ART IN THE 19TH CENTURY Tradition, Innovation, and Eclecticism EDITED BY

DORIS BEHRENS-ABOUSEIF AND

STEPHEN VERNOIT

BRILL LEIDEN • BOSTON 2006

Cover illustration: “Silver bookbinding”, probably Caucasus 19th century, Nasser D Khalili Collection.

This book is printed on acid-free paper.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Islamic art in the 19th century : tradition, innovation, and eclecticism / edited by Doris Behrens-Abouseif and Stephen Vernoit. p. cm. — (Islamic history and civilization. Studies and texts ; v. 60) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 90-04-14442-0 (alk. paper) 1. Art, Islamic—History. I. Behrens-Abouseif, Doris. II. Vernoit, Stephen. III. Series. N6260.I828 2005 709’.17’6709034—dc22 2005047218

ISSN 0929-2403 ISBN 90 04 14442 0 © Copyright 2006 by Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands Koninklijke Brill NV incorporates the imprints Brill Academic Publishers, Martinus Nijhoff Publishers and VSP. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, translated, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without prior written permission from the publisher. Authorization to photocopy items for internal or personal use is granted by Brill provided that the appropriate fees are paid directly to The Copyright Clearance Center, 222 Rosewood Drive, Suite 910 Danvers MA 01923, USA. Fees are subject to change. printed in the netherlands

CONTENTS

Acknowledgements ...................................................................... Foreword ....................................................................................

vii ix

An Historical Introduction to the Nineteenth Century: Trends and Influences .......................................................... Benjamin C. Fortna

1

The Visual Arts in Nineteenth-Century Muslim Thought .... Stephen Vernoit

19

Nineteenth-Century Ottoman Funerary Architecture: From Innovation to Eclecticism ............................................ Mehmet Baha Tanman

37

Continuity and Change in Nineteenth-Century Istanbul: Sultan Abdülaziz and the Beylerbeyi Palace ...................... Filiz Yeni{ehirlio