{"id":10247,"date":"2019-03-08T13:25:57","date_gmt":"2019-03-08T13:25:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/?p=10247"},"modified":"2019-03-08T13:25:57","modified_gmt":"2019-03-08T13:25:57","slug":"the-insecurity-of-western-scholarship-about-islamic-art-obsessed-with-trying-to-prove-european-art-inspiration-and-yet-western-painters-themselves-succumbed-to-aura-of-muslim-artists-from-rembrandt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/?p=10247","title":{"rendered":"THE INSECURITY OF WESTERN SCHOLARSHIP ABOUT ISLAMIC ART OBSESSED WITH TRYING TO PROVE EUROPEAN ART INSPIRATION &#8211; AND YET WESTERN PAINTERS THEMSELVES SUCCUMBED TO AURA OF MUSLIM ARTISTS FROM REMBRANDT TO STREET PAINTERS"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">THE INSECURITY OF WESTERN SCHOLARSHIP ABOUT ISLAMIC ART OBSESSED WITH TRYING TO PROVE EUROPEAN ART INSPIRATION<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">AND YET WESTERN PAINTERS THEMSELVES SUCCUMBED TO AURA OF MUSLIM ARTISTS FROM REMBRANDT TO STREET PAINTERS<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10262\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10262\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Venetian-artist-Gentile-Bellini-15th-century.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10262\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Venetian-artist-Gentile-Bellini-15th-century.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"489\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Venetian-artist-Gentile-Bellini-15th-century.jpg 400w, https:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Venetian-artist-Gentile-Bellini-15th-century-245x300.jpg 245w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10262\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Venetian artist Gentile Bellini 15th century<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10261\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10261\" style=\"width: 450px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Turk-painter-by-Gentile-Bellini.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10261\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Turk-painter-by-Gentile-Bellini.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"622\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Turk-painter-by-Gentile-Bellini.jpg 450w, https:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Turk-painter-by-Gentile-Bellini-217x300.jpg 217w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10261\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Turk painter by Gentile Bellini<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10258\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10258\" style=\"width: 790px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Rembrandt.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10258\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Rembrandt.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"790\" height=\"1023\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Rembrandt.jpg 790w, https:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Rembrandt-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Rembrandt-768x995.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 790px) 100vw, 790px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10258\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rembrandt<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">There is an inevitable jealousy surrounding the analysis of Western art analysts about Muslim Art. For them Western painters are supreme and the history of art starts from their domain. For centuries Chinese art, Japanese art debunked in different ways, but Indo-Pakistani art debunked most at the hands of chauvinistic art historians. Yes, there were great scholars in the Western background, but the present hierarchy of same are oblivious of achievements of regional painters. Everything has a western connotations for them.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_10250\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10250\" style=\"width: 709px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Emperor-Jahangeer-by-Rembrandt.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10250\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Emperor-Jahangeer-by-Rembrandt.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"709\" height=\"939\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Emperor-Jahangeer-by-Rembrandt.jpg 709w, https:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Emperor-Jahangeer-by-Rembrandt-227x300.jpg 227w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 100vw, 709px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10250\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Emperor Jahangeer by Rembrandt<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10248\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10248\" style=\"width: 933px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Chess-players.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10248\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Chess-players.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"933\" height=\"445\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Chess-players.jpg 933w, https:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Chess-players-300x143.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Chess-players-768x366.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 933px) 100vw, 933px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10248\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chess players<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10249\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10249\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/De-Laet-Journal-1631.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10249\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/De-Laet-Journal-1631.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/De-Laet-Journal-1631.jpg 600w, https:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/De-Laet-Journal-1631-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10249\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">De Laet Journal 1631<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Islamic art inspired many Western artists. Masters like Rembrandt and Bellini were struck by the beauty of Islamic art. But even ordinary things saw this effect in place. You see various western paintings with Islamic carpets in them, Islamic naqashi in their background and architecture being influenced by same too. The greatest effect we see in design of churches as well as aesthetics of bibles. We talk more about that later. Till then stop this charade of cultural hegemony. Chauvinism of inspiration taken too literally. We were not far behind but ahead at many places.<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10251\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10251\" style=\"width: 621px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Gospel-in-Islamic-tradition.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10251\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Gospel-in-Islamic-tradition.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"621\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Gospel-in-Islamic-tradition.jpg 621w, https:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Gospel-in-Islamic-tradition-207x300.jpg 207w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 621px) 100vw, 621px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10251\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gospel in Islamic tradition<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10252\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10252\" style=\"width: 526px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Illuminated-gospel-in-Islamic-tradition.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10252\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Illuminated-gospel-in-Islamic-tradition.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"526\" height=\"750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Illuminated-gospel-in-Islamic-tradition.jpg 526w, https:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Illuminated-gospel-in-Islamic-tradition-210x300.jpg 210w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 526px) 100vw, 526px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10252\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">4 recto &#8211; Arrest of Christ<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10255\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10255\" style=\"width: 537px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Islamic-influences-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10255\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Islamic-influences-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"537\" height=\"512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Islamic-influences-1.jpg 537w, https:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Islamic-influences-1-300x286.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 537px) 100vw, 537px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10255\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Islamic influences<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10256\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10256\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Madonna-in-Islamic-perspective.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10256\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Madonna-in-Islamic-perspective.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"814\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Madonna-in-Islamic-perspective.jpg 500w, https:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Madonna-in-Islamic-perspective-184x300.jpg 184w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10256\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Madonna in Islamic perspective<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10263\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10263\" style=\"width: 695px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Western-interpretations-Turkish-images.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10263\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Western-interpretations-Turkish-images.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"695\" height=\"421\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Western-interpretations-Turkish-images.jpg 695w, https:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Western-interpretations-Turkish-images-300x182.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 695px) 100vw, 695px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10263\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Western interpretations Turkish images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10257\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10257\" style=\"width: 670px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Prayer-book.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10257\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Prayer-book.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"670\" height=\"750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Prayer-book.jpg 670w, https:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Prayer-book-268x300.jpg 268w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 670px) 100vw, 670px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10257\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Prayer book<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10260\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10260\" style=\"width: 570px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Shah-Jahan-by-Rembrandt.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10260\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Shah-Jahan-by-Rembrandt.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"570\" height=\"517\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Shah-Jahan-by-Rembrandt.jpg 570w, https:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Shah-Jahan-by-Rembrandt-300x272.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 570px) 100vw, 570px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10260\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shah Jahan by Rembrandt<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10259\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10259\" style=\"width: 570px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/roshanara_ferrario1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10259\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/roshanara_ferrario1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"570\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/roshanara_ferrario1.jpg 570w, https:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/roshanara_ferrario1-214x300.jpg 214w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 570px) 100vw, 570px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10259\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">roshan ara_ferrario1<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10253\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10253\" style=\"width: 440px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Islamic-carpets-in-Western-art.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10253\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Islamic-carpets-in-Western-art.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"440\" height=\"435\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Islamic-carpets-in-Western-art.jpg 440w, https:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Islamic-carpets-in-Western-art-300x297.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 440px) 100vw, 440px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10253\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Islamic carpets in Western art<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10254\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10254\" style=\"width: 518px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Islamic-carpets.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10254\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Islamic-carpets.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"518\" height=\"760\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Islamic-carpets.jpg 518w, https:\/\/blog.chughtaimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Islamic-carpets-204x300.jpg 204w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 518px) 100vw, 518px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10254\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Islamic carpets<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THE INSECURITY OF WESTERN SCHOLARSHIP ABOUT ISLAMIC ART OBSESSED WITH TRYING TO PROVE EUROPEAN ART INSPIRATION AND YET WESTERN PAINTERS THEMSELVES SUCCUMBED TO AURA OF MUSLIM ARTISTS FROM REMBRANDT TO STREET PAINTERS There is an inevitable jealousy surrounding the analysis of Western art analysts about Muslim Art. 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