Ugo Monneret de Villard (1881–1954) and the Establishment of Islamic Art Studies in Italy

Ugo Monneret de Villard was the main Italian scholar of Islamic art in the twentieth century. Where and why did this engineer from Milan start cultivating this interest? How did his work come to be appreciated at the highest academic levels? This article delineates Monneret’s long training through a...

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主要作者: Armando, Silvia (Author)
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语言:English
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出版: Brill 2014
In: Muqarnas
Year: 2014, 卷: 30, 发布: 1, Pages: 35-71
Further subjects:B Ugo Monneret de Villard Islamic art historiography Islamic art in Italy Islamic archaeology Orientalism Umberto Zanotti Bianco Catalogo opere arte islamica Christian and Islamic medieval architecture in Egypt Christian Nubia Archaeology and Fascism University chair of Islamic art in Italy Italian orientalists
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总结:Ugo Monneret de Villard was the main Italian scholar of Islamic art in the twentieth century. Where and why did this engineer from Milan start cultivating this interest? How did his work come to be appreciated at the highest academic levels? This article delineates Monneret’s long training through an examination of his readings and writings, travels, and exchanges with other scholars, all of which influenced his working methodology, leading him to archaeological missions in Africa and predisposing his discovery of Islamic art.

ISSN:2211-8993
Contains:In: Muqarnas
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/22118993-0301P0004