Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP140102549

Funding Activity

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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP140102549

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Artists as collectors of Islamic Art, 1850-1910. The aim of this project is to generate a new understanding of patterns of collecting and interpreting the arts of the near east through the first cross-cultural comparative study of Ottoman and Orientalist artists as collectors in the 19th century. By mapping transcultural networks of artists, dealers and collectors traversing Ottoman, Russian, Polish, French and British cultures, this study reveals international exchanges that have been occluded by studies of Orientalism narrowly focused around single national histories. This project reveals the myriad ways treasures from the Islamic world were being transformed in the 19th century from their prior local religious and cultural functions into exoticism in the West and cultural patrimony in the East.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 23-01-2014

End Date: 30-06-2019

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $238,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Art History | Art Theory and Criticism | Visual Cultures

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Understanding Europe's Past | Expanding Knowledge through Studies of the Creative Arts and Writing | Understanding Past Societies not elsewhere classified |

Other Keywords

Art History | Art Theory and Criticism | Expanding Knowledge through Studies of the Creative Arts and Writing | Understanding Europe's Past | Understanding Past Societies not elsewhere classified | Visual Cultures

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