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Ali, Her Majesty Wijdan was born in 1939 in Baghdad, Iraq. Daughter of Sherif Fawaz Muhana and Sherifa Nafaa Jamil.
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Wijdan Ali offers a historical survey of the development of modern painting in the Islamic world from the 19th century to the present. She provides background on dominant artistic traditions before 1900 as well as an evaluation of the loss of traditional aesthetics under the impress of Western culture. Ali also explores the persistence and reemergence of calligraphic art as an expression of nation...
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Islamic civilization represents one of the richest and most prolific phases in the cultural history of humanity. Yet it did not generate serious and widespread interest in the West until the beginning of the twentieth century, when art historians and archaeologists began to analyze and evaluate it from their own point of view and according to their own esthetics. This book attempts to appraise the early periods of Islamic art within its own cultural framework and according to Islamic esthetics. It places the development of Islamic art during the early periods within its historical context and social and political environment. It emphasizes the role the Arabs played in the way they molded their culture with that of the conquered peoples and brought about Islamic civilization.
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"The first monograph to successfully address the dual questions of the development of painting in the Islamic lands in the 19th and 20th centuries and the significance of an indigenous 20th-century artistic tradition . . . presents a lucid and objective discussion of provocative questions related to the evolution of contemporary painting from Islamic lands, including the role of colonial institutions, indigenous patronage, art education, and the formation of a national artistic identity."--Layla S. Diba, associate curator for Islamic art, Brooklyn Museum In this beautifully illustrated book, Wijdan Ali offers a historical survey of the development of modern painting in the Islamic world from the 19th century to the present. She provides background on dominant artistic traditions before 1900 as well as an evaluation of the loss of traditional aesthetics under the impress of Western culture. Ali also explores the persistence and reemergence of calligraphic art as an expression of national artistic identity, and hers is the first book to consider in depth the modern calligraphic school. Ali's account begins with a descriptive survey of the development of contemporary art in the heartland of Islam, from Morocco to Iran. Her discussion incorporates the historical, political, social, and economic factors that brought about artistic and aesthetic changes in the region. Building on this survey, she analyzes the factors behind the evolution of various styles of calligraphic art, their substyles and adherents, and their respective places within the contemporary calligraphic school. In an appendix, she provides biographical data on the most influential modern Islamic artists. More than 150 color and black-and-white photographs allow the reader to see and appreciate the beauty and importance of these works. While a few recent collection catalogs have hinted at the growing interest in the art of the Islamic world, Ali's study is by far the most comprehensive yet undertaken of Islamic art in the contemporary period. It will substantially expand the study and concept of "modern art" beyond the narrow province of American and western European schools and establish a broad foundation for future investigation of modern artistic movements in the Middle East. Wijdan Ali is a painter, art historian, and lecturer at the Institute of Diplomacy, Amman, Jordan. Her most recent publications are What Is Islamic Art? (1996) and Modern Art in Jordan (1996).
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art historian Princess of Jordan
Ali, Her Majesty Wijdan was born in 1939 in Baghdad, Iraq. Daughter of Sherif Fawaz Muhana and Sherifa Nafaa Jamil.
Bachelor in History, Beirut University College, 1961. Doctor of Philosophy in History of Islamic Art, University London, 1993.
1st woman with Jordanian Foreign Service, 1962. 1st woman to represent Jordan United Nations General Assembly, New York City, 1962. Board governors International Center Islamic Studies, London.
Member Arab Thought Forum, Amman. Member World Affairs Council, Amman.
( "The first monograph to successfully address the dual q...)
(Wijdan Ali offers a historical survey of the development ...)
(Islamic civilization represents one of the richest and mo...)
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Board governors International Center Islamic Studies, London, 1984-1998. Board directors McMullen Museum, Boston, 1996. Vice president International Council Philosophy and Humanistic Studies, 1997-1999.
Member advisory board International Congress Asian and N. African Studies, Budapest, 1997. Member Royal Society Fine Arts (founder, president).
Married His Royal Highness Prince Ali Bin Nayef, 1966. 4 children.