Department of Islamic Art
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The Department of Islamic Art is the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s curatorial division dedicated to the collection, research, and exhibition of artworks and material culture from Islamic civilizations across a wide geographic and historical span.
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
curatorial department
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museum department → |
| collectionSize |
large collection of Islamic art
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| country |
United States
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| coversPeriod |
early modern period
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medieval period → modern period → |
| coversRegion |
Anatolia
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Andalusia → Central Asia → Middle East → North Africa → South Asia → |
| employer |
collection managers
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conservators → curators → researchers → |
| fieldOfWork |
Islamic studies
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art history → museum curation → |
| focusesOn |
Islamic art
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Islamic material culture → art of Islamic civilizations → |
| hasCollectionType |
architectural elements
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calligraphy → ceramics → manuscripts → metalwork → paintings → textiles → |
| hasExhibitionSpace |
galleries of Islamic art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
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| hasParentOrganization |
Metropolitan Museum of Art
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| hasSubjectArea |
cross-cultural artistic exchange involving Islamic regions
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religious art in Islamic contexts → secular art in Islamic contexts → |
| hasWebsite |
https://www.metmuseum.org/about-the-met/curatorial-departments/islamic-art
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| languageOfWorkOrName |
English
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| locatedIn |
Metropolitan Museum of Art
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| locatedInCity |
New York City
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| locatedInCountry |
United States
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| mission |
to collect, study, and present the arts of Islamic civilizations
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| operatedBy |
Metropolitan Museum of Art
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| partOf |
Metropolitan Museum of Art
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| responsibleFor |
collection of Islamic art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
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exhibitions of Islamic art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art → research on Islamic art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art → |
Referenced by (4)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
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Metropolitan Museum of Art
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hasDepartment |
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Department of Islamic Art
("Département des Arts de l’Islam")
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hasNameInFrench |
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curatorial departments of the Metropolitan Museum of Art
("Department of Islamic Art of the Metropolitan Museum of Art")
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includesDepartment |
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Department of Greek and Roman Art
("Curatorial departments of the Metropolitan Museum of Art")
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parentOrganization |