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050	1	4	_aN7265.3 _b.A784 2018
245	0	4	_aThe art salon in the Arab region : _bpolitics of taste making / _cedited by Nadia von Maltzahn and Monique Bellan.
250			_a1st ed.
260			_aBeirut : _bOrient-Institut ; _aWürzburg : _bErgon Verlag in Kommission, _c2018.
300			_a310 p. : _bill. ; _c25 cm.
490	0		_aBeiruter Texte und Studien, _x1863-9461 ; _v132
520	3		_aThis volume discusses the emergence and role of the art salon in the Arab region in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, focusing on Algeria, Tunisia, Egypt, Lebanon and Iraq. Institutional forms of exhibiting and teaching art emerged in the Middle East and North Africa in late colonial and early post-colonial contexts. The book examines how the salon had an impact on the formation of taste and on debates on art, and discusses the transfers and cultural interactions between the Middle East, North Africa and Europe. Following the institutional model of the Paris salons, art salons emerged in Algiers, Tunis and Cairo starting in the late 1880s. In beirut, the salon tradition reached its peak only after independence in the mid-twentieth century. Baghdad never had a formal salon, but alternative spaces and exhibition formats developed in Iraq from the late 1940s onwards. As in Paris, the salons in the region often defined the criteria of artistic production and public taste. The impact of the salon also lay in its ability to convey particular values, attitudes and aspirations. At the same time, the values and attitudes promoted by the salon - as well as the salon itself - were often subject to debate, which led to the creation of counter-salons or alternative exhibition practices. The art salon helps us to understand changes in the art systems of these countries, including the development of art schools, exhibition spaces and artist societies, and gives insight into the power dynamics at play. It also highlights neworks and circulations between the Arab region and Europe"
650		0	_aArt _zArab countries _xExhibitions _xHistory. _97011
650		0	_aPublic art _zArab countries _xExhibitions _xHistory. _97012
650		0	_aArt and society _zArab countries _xHistory. _97013
700	1		_aVon Maltzahn, Nadia _97014
700	1		_aBellan, Monique _96547
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