The study of modern and contemporary art from Islamic lands, and particularly the Arab world, is a developing field. Over the past few decades, a variety of publications on modern and contemporary art from the Arab world and its diasporas has appeared in art magazines, journals, and exhibition and auction catalogues. There is, however, still a lack of scholarly literature and reliable resources on the subject. Many such existing sources have focused on productions that are largely in line with certain interests or agendas pursued by the particular magazine/journal, exhibition, or art market in question. Therefore, although recent scholarly output has played a crucial role in introducing modern art in the Arab countries in the Middle East and North Africa, these publications have not sufficiently filled the gap of discussion regarding certain aspects of the subject. Modern Art in the Arab World, a collection of critical writings by Arab intellectuals and artists, offers an unparalleled source for the study of modernism in the Arab world. Mapping the primary documents with additional entries written by the editors and other scholars, this book addresses the major historical, conceptual, theoretical, and aesthetic issues that inform the modern art paradigm in the Arab world. Arranged largely in a chronological order, it explores the art of the Arab world by tracing the main discourses that have shaped artistic practices and transformations in the region from the mid-nineteenth century until the late 1980s.

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阿拉伯世界的现代艺术，原始文献：评论文章

研究来自伊斯兰土地，特别是阿拉伯世界的现代和当代艺术，是一个发展中的领域。在过去的几十年里，来自阿拉伯世界及其侨民的现代和当代艺术的各种出版物出现在艺术杂志、期刊以及展览和拍卖目录中。然而，仍然缺乏关于该主题的学术文献和可靠资源。许多此类现有资源都集中在与特定杂志/期刊、展览或艺术市场所追求的某些兴趣或议程基本一致的作品上。因此，尽管最近的学术成果在介绍中东和北非阿拉伯国家的现代艺术方面发挥了至关重要的作用，阿拉伯世界的现代艺术是阿拉伯知识分子和艺术家的批判著作集，为研究阿拉伯世界的现代主义提供了无与伦比的资源。本书将主要文件与编辑和其他学者撰写的其他条目相结合，解决了影响阿拉伯世界现代艺术范式的主要历史、概念、理论和美学问题。它主要按时间顺序排列，通过追溯从 19 世纪中叶到 1980 年代后期塑造该地区艺术实践和转型的主要话语，探索了阿拉伯世界的艺术。