MÜNCHEN, 24-25. OKT. 2008. IBZ, Amalienstrasse 38. Für das Programm bitte Bild klicken!
The exhibition Meisterwerke muhammedanischer Kunst held
in Munich in 1910 was one of the most comprehensive and
most important exhibitions on Islamic Art in Europe.
The impetus that propelled it was given by the Prince
Regent of Bavaria, Luitpold. His interest in displaying the
superb Persian carpets of the treasury of the House of
Wittelsbach in Munich ended up in the mammoth show
of 1910 with 3.600 artefacts. The director of the exhibition
committee, Hugo von Tschudi, and the academic experts
involved in forming the concept and its realisation – among
them Friedrich Sarre, Ernst Kühnel, Max von Berchem,
F.R. Martin, and Ernst Dietz – aimed at endowing Islamic art
»a place equal to that of other cultural periods«.
It is generally accepted that this exhibition gave a new
impulse to the reception of Islamic art in the West and was
therefore a turning point in the so-far ›orientalist‹ view of
and romantic passion for Muslim art and culture.
With the celebration of 100 years of Meisterwerke
muhammedanischer Kunst in 2010, several museums in
Munich as well as the Bavarian State Library in this city
are going to organise a series of exhibitions on Islamic art,
architecture and culture, all to be held in 2010.
Forming part of the preparation for these events, the conference
in October 2008 aims at shedding new light on
aspects concerning the historical context of the exhibition
in 1910, its organisation, realisation and particular display,
its reception in the West and its influence on the study of
Islamic art in general.
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