Valerie Gonzalez

[ 1 ] - “Contesting the Conceptual Categories ‘Islamic Civilization, Art or Masterpiece: A Reflection on the Problem”

Together with a few recent publications a number of the online Journal of Art Historiography (June 6, 2012) dedicated to “Islamic Art Historiography” offers a glimpse at the debates that since roughly a decade stir up Islamic art studies as they are practiced in the West. These debates concern the conceptual framework used to both investigate and show in public i...