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Friday, October 8, 2021
Open Art Images
Thursday, July 8, 2021
OA Book: Imaging and Imagining Palestine: Photography, Modernity and the Biblical Lens, 1918–1948
Imaging and Imagining Palestine
Photography, Modernity and the Biblical Lens, 1918–1948
Imaging and Imagining Palestine is the first comprehensive study of photography during the British Mandate period (1918–1948). It addresses well-known archives, photos from private collections never available before and archives that have until recently remained closed. This interdisciplinary volume argues that photography is central to a different understanding of the social and political complexities of Palestine in this period.
While Biblical and Orientalist images abound, the chapters in this book go further by questioning the impact of photography on the social histories of British Mandate Palestine. This book considers the specific archives, the work of individual photographers, methods for reading historical photography from the present and how we might begin the process of decolonising photography.
"Imaging and Imagining Palestine presents a timely and much-needed critical evaluation of the role of photography in Palestine. Drawing together leading interdisciplinary specialists and engaging a range of innovative methodologies, the volume makes clear the ways in which photography reflects the shifting political, cultural and economic landscape of the British Mandate period, and experiences of modernity in Palestine. Actively problematising conventional understandings of production, circulation and the in/stability of the photographic document, Imaging and Imagining Palestineprovides essential reading for decolonial studies of photography and visual culture studies of Palestine." - Chrisoula Lionis, author of Laughter in Occupied Palestine: Comedy and Identity in Art and Film
While Biblical and Orientalist images abound, the chapters in this book go further by questioning the impact of photography on the social histories of British Mandate Palestine. This book considers the specific archives, the work of individual photographers, methods for reading historical photography from the present and how we might begin the process of decolonising photography.
"Imaging and Imagining Palestine presents a timely and much-needed critical evaluation of the role of photography in Palestine. Drawing together leading interdisciplinary specialists and engaging a range of innovative methodologies, the volume makes clear the ways in which photography reflects the shifting political, cultural and economic landscape of the British Mandate period, and experiences of modernity in Palestine. Actively problematising conventional understandings of production, circulation and the in/stability of the photographic document, Imaging and Imagining Palestineprovides essential reading for decolonial studies of photography and visual culture studies of Palestine." - Chrisoula Lionis, author of Laughter in Occupied Palestine: Comedy and Identity in Art and Film
"Imaging and Imagining Palestine is the first and much needed overview of photography during the British Mandate period. From well-known and accessible photographic archives to private family albums, it deals with the cultural and political relations of the period thinking about both the Western perceptions of Palestine as well as its modern social life. This book brings together an impressive array of material and analyses to form an interdisciplinary perspective that considers just how photography shapes our understanding of the past as well as the ways in which the past might be reclaimed." - Jack Persekian, Founding Director of Al Ma'mal Foundation for Contemporary Art in Jerusalem
"Imaging and Imagining Palestine draws together a plethora of fresh approaches to the field of photography in Palestine. It considers Palestine as a central node in global photographic production and the ways in which photography shaped the modern imaging and imagining from within a fresh regional theoretical perspective." - Salwa Mikdadi, Director al Mawrid Arab Center for the Study of Art, New York University Abu Dhabi
Copyright Year: 2021
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Availability: Published ISBN: 978-90-04-43794-4Publication Date: 05 Jul 2021
Wednesday, September 4, 2019
A Guide to Online Visual Sources in Middle East, North Africa, and Islamic Studies
A Guide to Online Visual Sources in Middle East, North Africa, and Islamic Studies by Amanda Hannoosh Steinberg the Visual Resources Librarian for Islamic Art & Architecture at the Harvard Fine Arts Library.
"Let’s face it: every publication is better with images. Whether it’s a presentation, a blog post, a book, or just a paper, images engage an audience instantly. The internet is flush with images from Islamic art, architecture, and society, but reliable sources (with credit information) are more difficult to track down. So we’ve done it for you! Here are some of the best sites for finding credited visual resources for Islamic, Middle Eastern and North African Studies. Feel free to suggest more in the comments and we’ll update the list!...
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Tuesday, May 7, 2019
Arabian Gulf Digital Archive
Arabian Gulf Digital Archive
(collaboration between the UK National Archives and United Arab Emirates)
"The Arabian Gulf Digital Archive (“AGDA”) is an online archive that has been created to showcase historical and cultural material that tells the story of the rich, intriguing and complex history of the Arabian Gulf.
An accessible resource, it serves to offer digital material that spans two centuries, documenting events and personalities that have shaped and defined the region. The contents offer an insight into the past with some material previously unseen by the general public.
AGDA contains, among other things, letters, memos, transcripts, photos and official correspondence from leaders and governments that shaped the events of their time. It’s a free and open resource for students, researchers, enthusiasts and anyone who is curious to explore the rich and varied past of the Arabian Gulf."
Thursday, October 23, 2014
Qatar Digital Library
Qatar Digital Library
What is the Qatar Digital Library?
The Qatar Digital Library (QDL) is making a vast archive featuring the cultural and historical heritage of the Gulf and wider region freely available online for the first time. It includes archives, maps, manuscripts, sound recordings, photographs and much more, complete with contextualised explanatory notes and links, in both English and Arabic.
How did the QDL come about?
The QDL has been developed as part of a 10-year Memorandum of Understanding on Partnerships between the Qatar Foundation, the Qatar National Library and The British Library. The website was developed by the Partnership in collaboration with Cogapp. The agreement of work for the first phase of the Partnership began in 2012, with the digitisation of a wide range of content from the British Library’s collections. Find out more about the Partnership.
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Friday, September 26, 2014
Highlights from the Aga Khan Museum in Toronto
Highlights from the Aga Khan Museum which opened its doors to the public on September 18th.
See also: http://news.artnet.com/art-world/toronto-opens-north-americas-first-islamic-art-museum-111533
Tuesday, December 17, 2013
UNRWA audiovisual archive for Palestine refugees
UNRWA audiovisual archive for Palestine refugees
"The United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) is proud to unveil the first part of its newly digitized archive, which consists of over half a million negatives, prints, slides, films and videocassettes covering all aspects of the life and history of Palestine refugees from 1948 to the present day.
The first group of iconic photographs and films are part of an exhibition, ‘The Long Journey’, which opens on 28 November at the Al-Ma’mal Centre in the Old City of Jerusalem. The archive was inscribed on the UNESCO ‘Memory of the World’ register, which includes collections of outstanding cultural and historical significance."
Friday, November 1, 2013
AMCA Project: Online database for modern and contemporary artists from the Arab world
AMCA Project: Online database for modern and contemporary artists from the Arab world
Project of the Association for Modern and Contemporary Art of the Arab world, Iran, and Turkey (AMCA).
As of 11/01/2013 portfolios and brief biographies of 69 artists are displayed:
| Abdallah Benanteur (b.1931) |
| Abdul Hadi El-Gazzar (1925-1965) |
| Abdul Qader Al Rais (b.1951) |
| Abduljabbar Al Yahya (b.1929) |
| Adam Henein (b.1929) |
| Adel El Siwi (b.1952) |
| Afifa Aleiby (b.1953) |
| Ahmad Moualla (b.1958) |
| Ahmad Nawash (b.1934) |
| Ahmed Cherkaoui (1934-1967) |
| Aref el Rayess (1928-2005) |
| Assadour Bezdikian (b.1943) |
| César Gemayel (1898-1958) |
| Chaibia Tallal (1929-2004) |
| Daoud Corm (1852-1930) |
| Dia Azzawi (b.1939) |
| Effat Nagui (1905-1994) |
| Elias Zayat (b.1935) |
| Faeq Hassan (1914-1992) |
| Fahrelnisa Zeid (1901-1991) |
| Faisal Samra (b.1955) |
| Farid Belkahia (b.1934) |
| Fateh Moudarres (1922-1999) |
| Fouad Bellamine (b.1950) |
| George Bahgoury (b.1932) |
| Habib Srour (1860-1938) |
| Hafidh al-Droubi (1914-1991) |
| Hamed Nada (1924-1990) |
| Hamed Oweis (1919-2011) |
| Ibrahim El-Salahi (b.1930) |
| Ismail al Sheikhly (1924-2001) |
| Ismail Fattah (1943-2004) |
| Jamil Molaeb (b.1948) |
| Jawad Salim (1919-1961) |
| Khalil Saleeby (1870-1928) |
| Louay Kayali (1934-1978) |
| Mahjoub Ben Bella (b.1946) |
| Mahmoud Hammad (1923-1988) |
| Mahmoud Said (1897-1964) |
| Mahmud Obaidi (b.1966) |
| Marwan Kassab Bachi (b.1934) |
| Modhir Ahmed (b.1956) |
| Mohamed Kacimi (1942-2003) |
| Mohamed Muhraddin (b.1938) |
| Mohammad el Rawas (b.1951) |
| Mohammed Melehi (b.1936) |
| Mohammed Omar Khalil (b.1936) |
| Mona Saudi (b.1945) |
| Mounir Canaan (1919–1999) |
| Nabil Anani (b.1943) |
| Nabil Nahas (b.1949) |
| Nizar Sabour (b.1958) |
| Nja Mahdaoui (b.1937) |
| Omar Onsi (1901-1969) |
| Paul Guiragossian (1926-1993) |
| Rafa Nasiri (b.1940) |
| Ragheb Ayad (1892-1982) |
| Ramses Younan (1913-1966) |
| Sabhan Adam (b.1972) |
| Saliba Douaihy (1909-1994) |
| Saloua Raouda Choucair (born 1916) |
| Sami Mohammed (b.1943) |
| Shafic Abboud (1926-2004) |
| Shakir Hassan Al Said (1925-2004) |
| Sliman Mansour (b.1947) |
| Suad al-Attar (b.1942) |
| Yousef Ahmed (b.1955) |
| Youssef Abdelke (b.1951) |
| Zaman Jassim (b.1971) |
Monday, September 12, 2011
Pitt Rivers Museum: Sir Wilfred Thesiger Collection
Pitt Rivers Museum PrintsThe Pitt Rivers Museum is the University of Oxford's museum of anthropology and world archaeology. Established in 1884, it is one of Europe's most important collections of ethnography, including one of the most significant collections of ethnographic photography. This website has been designed to give more people access to, and enjoyment of, images from the Museum's rich collections. More images will be added in due course, but we also welcome suggestions on what collections you would like to be made available.
Monday, August 22, 2011
Open Access Islamic Art and Architecture: Discover Islamic Art
Discover Islamic Art is part of Museum With No Frontiers
The collection and database comprises of 1235 artifacts from 40 museums, monuments and archaeological sites from 14 countries.
Virtual Exhibitions present the history, art and cultural legacy of the great Islamic dynasties of the Mediterranean. Descriptions are available in Arabic, English, French and Spanish and the Virtual Exhibitions also in German, Italian, Portuguese, Turkish and Swedish.
Friday, July 15, 2011
Open Access Images: Pattern in Islamic Art
"This website offers a FREE download of over 4000 images of patterns and other design features drawn from the rich cultural heritage of the Islamic world. Historically, the decorative arts have always formed a major part of Islamic aesthetic expression. Its remarkable achievements in this direction (much of which are represented here) make it an invaluable resource for designers of all kinds as well as for art-historians and art-lovers generally."Pattern in Islamic Art
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
The Modern Art Iraq Archive (MAIA)
The Modern Art Iraq Archive (MAIA)
على ،http://artiraq.org/maia/ لقد تم إطلاق موقع أرشيف العراق للفن الحديث (مايا)، علنيا ھذا الاسبوع بمسار
شبكة الانترنت. أنشأت "مايا" نتيجة لجھد طويل لتوثيق والحفاظ على الأعمال الفنية الحديثة من المتحف العراقي للفن
الحديث في بغداد التي فقد ودمر غالبيتھا في حرائق و عمليات نھب في أعقاب الغزو الامريكي للعراق عام 2003 . وكما
يظھر في الموقع، فإنه لا يعرف سوى القليل جدا عن كثير من ھذه الأعمال، بما في ذلك أماكن وجودھم الحالية أو موقعھم
الأصلي في المتحف. ولقد دفع عدم وجود وثائق حول الفن العراقي الحديث الى نمو المشروع ليشمل النصوص الداعمة. يقدم
الموقع الأعمال الفنية في قاعدة بيانات بشكل مصدر مفتوح من أجل رفع مستوى الوعي العام عن الاعمال العديدة المفقودة
ولتشجيع الأفراد المھتمين بالمشاركة في المساعدة على توثيق ممتلكات المتحف الأصلية أو المفقودة.
أتي موقع "مايا" ثمارا لسبع سنوات من العمل من قبل المديرة العامة للمشروع ندى الشبوط، وھي أستاذة تاريخ الفن ومديرة
في جامعة شمال تكساس. (http://www.art.unt.edu/camcsi.html معھد الدراسات العربية والإسلامية (كامسي
عملت د. ندى الشبوط منذ عام 2003 على جمع كل المعلومات المتاحة عن الأعمال المفقودة من خلال البحوث المكثفة،
والمقابلات مع الفنانين وموظفي المتحف وأصحاب معارض الفن. تلقت د. الشبوط زمالتين من معھد البحوث العلمية
في عامين 2006 و 2007 لإجراء المرحلة الأولى من ، (TAARII, http://www.taarii.org/) الأمريكية في العراق
(http://alexandriaarchive.org) جمع البيانات. و في عام 2009 تعاونت مع زملاؤھا في معھد أرشيف الاسكندرية
، وھي منظمة غير ربحية مقرھا في ولاية كاليفورنيا و تختص بإتاحة التراث الثقافي العالمي للبحث والتعليم والأعمال
الإبداعية. وقد فاز الفريق على منحة لتطوير العلوم الإنسانية الرقمية من المؤسسة الوطنية الأمريكية للعلوم الإنسانية
لإنشاء أرشيف ظاھري مفتوح و شامل من الأعمال التي كانت في معارض المتحف المختلفة. يتم (http://neh.gov)
عرض ھذه الكنوز الوطنية الھامة في نسق مفتوح مما يسھل استخدام المعلومات في جميع أنحاء العالم، بما في ذلك طوائف
الشعب العراقي الوطنية والوافدة، ويشجع المستخدمين على المساعدة في تعريف و توثيق قطع أخرى.
والھدف من "مايا" ھو رسم خريطة لتطور الفن الحديث في العراق خلال القرن العشرين، و أن تكون أداة بحث للعلماء
والطلاب والسلطات الرسمية وعامة الجمھور، وكذلك رفع الوعي العام عن التراث الحديث الغني للعراق. وعلاوة على ذلك
فإننا نأمل أن إنشاء سجل موثق ومتاح للجميع يضم ھذه الأعمال سيقوم بالتذكير بقيمتھا الثقافية وبالتالي تسريع عودتھم ، و
أيضا سيساعد على مكافحة تھريبھا والتعامل بھا في السوق السوداء.
Online Archive Educates and Encourages Public Participation to Trace Lost Works
The Modern Art Iraq Archive (MAIA), located at http://artiraq.org/maia/, was made public this week. MAIA started as the result of a long-term effort to document and preserve the modern artistic works from the Iraqi Museum of Modern Art in Baghdad, most of which were lost and damaged in the fires and looting during the aftermath of the 2003 US invasion of Iraq. As the site shows, very little is known about many of the works, including their current whereabouts and their original location in the Museum. The lack of documents about modern Iraqi art prompted the growth of the project to include supporting text. The site makes the works of art available as an open access database in order to raise public awareness of the many lost works and to encourage interested individuals to participate in helping to document the museum’s original and/or lost holdings.
The MAIA site is the culmination of seven years of work by Project Director Nada Shabout, a professor of Art History and the Director of the Contemporary Arab and Muslim Cultural Studies Institute (CAMCSI, http://www.art.unt.edu/camcsi.html) at the University of North Texas. Since 2003, Shabout has been collecting any and all information on the lost works through intensive research, interviews with artists, museum personnel, and art gallery owners. Shabout received two fellowships from the American Academic Research Institute in Iraq (TAARII, http://www.taarii.org/) in 2006 and 2007 to conduct the first phase of data collection. In 2009, she teamed with colleagues at the Alexandria Archive Institute (http://alexandriaarchive.org), a
California-based non-profit organization dedicated to opening up global cultural heritage for research, education, and creative works. The team won a Digital Humanities Start-Up Grant from the U.S. National Endowment for the Humanities (http://neh.gov) to create an open, comprehensive virtual archive of the works that were once housed in Museum’s various galleries. These significant national treasures are displayed in an open format that invites worldwide use, including the Iraqi national and expatriate communities, and users are encouraged to help identify and further document individual pieces.
The aim of MAIA is to map out the modern art’s development in Iraq during the twentieth century and be a research tool to scholars, students, authorities, and the general public, as well as raise awareness of the rich modern heritage of Iraq. Furthermore, the creation of an authoritative and public inventory of the collection will not only act as a reminder of their cultural value and thus hopefully hasten their return, but will help combat smuggling and black market dealings of the works.
أمل جديد لأعمال الفن العراقي الحديث المفقودة
أرشيف الكتروني يھدف الى تثقيف وتشجيع العامة على المشاركة لتتبع الأعمال المفقودة عبر الانترنت
أرشيف الكتروني يھدف الى تثقيف وتشجيع العامة على المشاركة لتتبع الأعمال المفقودة عبر الانترنت
على ،http://artiraq.org/maia/ لقد تم إطلاق موقع أرشيف العراق للفن الحديث (مايا)، علنيا ھذا الاسبوع بمسار
شبكة الانترنت. أنشأت "مايا" نتيجة لجھد طويل لتوثيق والحفاظ على الأعمال الفنية الحديثة من المتحف العراقي للفن
الحديث في بغداد التي فقد ودمر غالبيتھا في حرائق و عمليات نھب في أعقاب الغزو الامريكي للعراق عام 2003 . وكما
يظھر في الموقع، فإنه لا يعرف سوى القليل جدا عن كثير من ھذه الأعمال، بما في ذلك أماكن وجودھم الحالية أو موقعھم
الأصلي في المتحف. ولقد دفع عدم وجود وثائق حول الفن العراقي الحديث الى نمو المشروع ليشمل النصوص الداعمة. يقدم
الموقع الأعمال الفنية في قاعدة بيانات بشكل مصدر مفتوح من أجل رفع مستوى الوعي العام عن الاعمال العديدة المفقودة
ولتشجيع الأفراد المھتمين بالمشاركة في المساعدة على توثيق ممتلكات المتحف الأصلية أو المفقودة.
أتي موقع "مايا" ثمارا لسبع سنوات من العمل من قبل المديرة العامة للمشروع ندى الشبوط، وھي أستاذة تاريخ الفن ومديرة
في جامعة شمال تكساس. (http://www.art.unt.edu/camcsi.html معھد الدراسات العربية والإسلامية (كامسي
عملت د. ندى الشبوط منذ عام 2003 على جمع كل المعلومات المتاحة عن الأعمال المفقودة من خلال البحوث المكثفة،
والمقابلات مع الفنانين وموظفي المتحف وأصحاب معارض الفن. تلقت د. الشبوط زمالتين من معھد البحوث العلمية
في عامين 2006 و 2007 لإجراء المرحلة الأولى من ، (TAARII, http://www.taarii.org/) الأمريكية في العراق
(http://alexandriaarchive.org) جمع البيانات. و في عام 2009 تعاونت مع زملاؤھا في معھد أرشيف الاسكندرية
، وھي منظمة غير ربحية مقرھا في ولاية كاليفورنيا و تختص بإتاحة التراث الثقافي العالمي للبحث والتعليم والأعمال
الإبداعية. وقد فاز الفريق على منحة لتطوير العلوم الإنسانية الرقمية من المؤسسة الوطنية الأمريكية للعلوم الإنسانية
لإنشاء أرشيف ظاھري مفتوح و شامل من الأعمال التي كانت في معارض المتحف المختلفة. يتم (http://neh.gov)
عرض ھذه الكنوز الوطنية الھامة في نسق مفتوح مما يسھل استخدام المعلومات في جميع أنحاء العالم، بما في ذلك طوائف
الشعب العراقي الوطنية والوافدة، ويشجع المستخدمين على المساعدة في تعريف و توثيق قطع أخرى.
والھدف من "مايا" ھو رسم خريطة لتطور الفن الحديث في العراق خلال القرن العشرين، و أن تكون أداة بحث للعلماء
والطلاب والسلطات الرسمية وعامة الجمھور، وكذلك رفع الوعي العام عن التراث الحديث الغني للعراق. وعلاوة على ذلك
فإننا نأمل أن إنشاء سجل موثق ومتاح للجميع يضم ھذه الأعمال سيقوم بالتذكير بقيمتھا الثقافية وبالتالي تسريع عودتھم ، و
أيضا سيساعد على مكافحة تھريبھا والتعامل بھا في السوق السوداء.
Friday, December 10, 2010
Open Access Images Library: Saudi Aramco World Photo Archive
Saudi Aramco World Photo Archive
More than 40,000 images are available in one of the world's largest archives specializing in historic and current images of the Middle East and the Islamic world.
Most of the images on line are published and unpublished images from the bimonthly magazine "Aramco World, from 1964 to 2000, and Saudi Aramco World, to the present.
Advanced search allows to retrieve images by category, location, artist or caption.
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