Followed by a Gourmet Gazette Slide Show
It is a powerful journey through 1,300 years of history being that is being played out in 18 museums and cultural institutions in France. A ceramic bird, luxurious table wear, and not one but two astrolabes. Some 180 works have been brought together in a group show entitled Islamic Arts, A Past for a Present. The 18 exhibitions each revealing 10 objects have been co-produced by the Reunion des Musées Nationaux and the Musée du Louvre who were entrusted with the formidable task by the French Ministry of Culture. The event aims to provide a fresh perspective on the Islamic arts and culture and through culture to encourage an open dialogue and an understanding of a shared past, specifically the importance of the close exchanges and ties that have historically existed between France and the Orient.
So if you can’t be in France right now, or make it to the 18 locations that are found throughout France, The Gourmet Gazette brings the show to you. The venues offer an insight into the diversity of the territories and populations influenced by Islam with Islamic civilization being as much Arab as Turkish, Indian, Iranian, North African and Asian. A wide variety of artistic practices are on display depicting scenes from life and nature as well as decorative elements of palaces and mosques. A fifteen-page booklet for each exhibition is on hand as well as screenings of films in each venue enabling the visitor to discover the countries of origin of each of the artworks while conferences, debates and live performances round out the agenda. The curatorship of the ensemble of the exhibitions has been entrusted to Yannick Lintz, the Director of the Islamic Art Department at the Musée du Louvre.Through March 27th
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A Gourmet Gazette Slide Show
The cloak of Saint Mesme in silk samite, a heavy silk, on show at the exhibition in Blois. Chinon, Musée du Carroi. ©Le Carroi musée d’arts et d’histoire de Chinon. Handout via The Gourmet Gazette 
An 11th century lamp from a mosque in metal from Syria or Palestine on show at the exhibition in Dijon. © RMN-Grand Palais (musée du Louvre) / Jean-Gilles Berizzi. Handout via The Gourmet Gazette 
Iznik plate circa end of 16th/beginning of 17th century in ceramic on display at the exhibition in Narboone. Narbonne, musée d’art et d’histoire ©Catherine Lauthelin, Palais-Musée des Archevêques de Narbonne. Handout via The Gourmet Gazette 
A wall panel from Iran, early 19th century, depicting three musicians on display at the exhibition in Rillieux-la-Pape. ©Lyon MBA – Photo Alain Basset. Handout via The Gourmet Gazette 
Decorative lamp, attributed to Philippe Joseph Brocard, circa 1867 on show at the exhibition in Limoges. Paris, École nationale supérieure des Arts Décoratifs © RMN-Grand Palais (Limoges, musée national Adrien Dubouché) / Tony Querrec. Handout via The Gourmet Gazette 
Painted tile panel depicting the Battle of Keerbala in ceramic, dating from the 19th century, Iran, on display at the Marseille exhibition. Coll. Musée des arts décoratifs ©Patrick Agereau. Handout via The Gourmet Gazette 
Peacock in steel from Iran on display at the exhibition in Rennes. ©Musée des beaux-arts de Rennes. Handout via The Gourmet Gazette 
Cover of a book binding depicting a prince enjoying himself in a natural setting, attributed to Tabriz, Iran, circa 1550 in paint on paper mâché on display at the Mantes La Jolie exhibition. ©Musée du Louvre, Dist. RMN-Grand Palais / Hughes Dubois 
An astrolabe from India dating from the 18th century in brass on show at the exhibition in Figeac. ©Musée Champollion – Les Écritures du Monde (Figeac) / Meravilles photos. Handout via The Gourmet Gazette 
Cup from 18th century Turkey on display at the Nantes exhibition. ©L. Preud’homme / Musée Dobrée – Grand Patrimoine de Loire-Atlantique. Handout via The Gourmet Gazette 
A Moroccan astrolabe circa 1216-1217 made by the astronomer Abû Bakr Ibn Yûsuf on display at the exhibition in Toulouse. ©Mairie de Toulouse, musée Paul-Dupuy, clichés François Pons. Handout via The Gourmet Gazette 
Colorful rug on display at the exhibition in Tourcoing. ©Paris – Musée de l’Armée, Dist. RMN-Grand Palais / image musée de l’Armée. Handout via The Gourmet Gazette 
A double-doored chest from India circa 1700 in rose wood, ivory, mirror,silk velvet and gilded metal on display at the Saint-Louis exhibition. Coll. Musée des arts décoratifs de l’océan Indien – MADOI, Saint-Louis. ©Ph. Jacques Kuyten. Handout via The Gourmet Gazette 
A covered water pitcher dating from the 18th century from India on display at the Saint-Denis exhibition. ©Musée du Louvre, Dist. RMN-Grand Palais / Claire Tabbagh / Collections Numériques. Handout via The Gourmet Gazette 
A powder pouch in jade from 17th century India on display at the exhibition in Rouen. ©Musée du Louvre, Dist. RMN-Grand Palais / Hughes Dubois. Handout via The Gourmet Gazette 
Panel in ivory from 11th century Egypt depicting hunters.©Musée du Louvre, Dist. RMN-Grand Palais / Claire Tabbagh / Collections Numériques. Handout via The Gourmet Gazette Ceramic bird from Iran, circa 1453-1454 on show at the exhibition in Clermont-Ferrand. ©RMN-Grand Palais (Sèvres – Manufacture et musée nationaux) / Martine Beck-Coppola. Handout via The Gourmet Gazette A poetic wall covering from Isfahan, Iran in ceramic dating from the 17th century on show at the exhibition in Angoulême. ©Musée du Louvre, Dist. RMN-Grand Palais/Raphaël Chipault. Handout via The Gourmet Gazette
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