TY  - JOUR
T1  - Epistemological Shift of Islamic Art in Museums
AU - Javani, Asghar AU - Sojoodi, Farzan AU - Dashtizadeh, Maryam 
JO  - The Social Sciences
VL  - 12
IS  - 5
SP  - 881
EP  - 888
PY  - 2017
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1818-5800
DO  - sscience.2017.881.888
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=sscience.2017.881.888
KW  - Islamic art
KW  -museum
KW  -orientalism
KW  -Western art approach
KW  -Iran
AB  - As the first collections of Islamic art were formed in Europe and then in America from the late 18th
to the 20th century, our understanding of Islamic art is still affected by the legacy and dominant discourses of
those first temporary exhibitions and interim collections of Islamic art in the West and the approaches taken
by them. This study aimed to investigate the epistemological shift of Islamic art in early museums as founders
of our existing knowledge and understanding of Islamic art. Though, an analysis of the literature related to
exhibitions is presented and three dominant approaches of orientalism, art history and cross-cultural studies
at museums are discussed as well as their consequences in reproducing meaning of Islamic art. The researche
believes that domination of the mentioned approaches in early exhibitions and museums of Islamic art in the
West has affected our understanding of Islamic heritage as “goods”, “art” and “multilayer object” and
correspond to three distinct values, i.e., economic, aesthetic and symbolic, in Islamic art.
ER  -