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.


Statements (46)
Predicate Object
instanceOf curatorial department
museum department
collectionSize large collection of Islamic art
country United States
coversPeriod early modern period
medieval period
modern period
coversRegion Anatolia
Andalusia
Central Asia
Middle East
North Africa
South Asia
employer collection managers
conservators
curators
researchers
fieldOfWork Islamic studies
art history
museum curation
focusesOn Islamic art
Islamic material culture
art of Islamic civilizations
hasCollectionType architectural elements
calligraphy
ceramics
manuscripts
metalwork
paintings
textiles
hasExhibitionSpace galleries of Islamic art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
hasParentOrganization Metropolitan Museum of Art
hasSubjectArea cross-cultural artistic exchange involving Islamic regions
religious art in Islamic contexts
secular art in Islamic contexts
hasWebsite https://www.metmuseum.org/about-the-met/curatorial-departments/islamic-art
languageOfWorkOrName English
locatedIn Metropolitan Museum of Art
locatedInCity New York City
locatedInCountry United States
mission to collect, study, and present the arts of Islamic civilizations
operatedBy Metropolitan Museum of Art
partOf Metropolitan Museum of Art
responsibleFor collection of Islamic art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
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
Metropolitan Museum of Art
hasDepartment
Department of Islamic Art ("Département des Arts de l’Islam")
hasNameInFrench
curatorial departments of the Metropolitan Museum of Art ("Department of Islamic Art of the Metropolitan Museum of Art")
includesDepartment
Department of Greek and Roman Art ("Curatorial departments of the Metropolitan Museum of Art")
parentOrganization

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