Project description
Chinese artwork and artistic elements influence Islamic art in the 13th - 16th centuries CE
The EU-funded ICCE project will address the intercultural interactions between the Islamic Middle East and China from the 13th to 16th centuries CE during a second wave of Chinese influence on Islamic material culture. During the continuous active engagement of Muslims in the exploration of and exchange with foreign lands, Islamic artists began incorporating Chinese artistic elements into their artworks. New techniques and decorative motifs evolved to suit the aesthetic interests and fit the principles of Islam. ICCE will investigate, amongst others, the historical and social context under which Chinese artworks were exchanged to the Islamic Middle East, devising interdisciplinary research of material cultures with a synthesis of methodologies and approaches of art history and archaeology.
Objective
This research project aims to address the intercultural interactions between the Islamic Middle East and China from the 13th to 16th centuries CE. The period from the 13th to 16th centuries CE witnessed a second wave of Chinese influence on Islamic material culture. The continuous active engagement of Muslims in the exploration of and exchange with foreign lands, such as with China through Mongol khanates in Eurasia, enabled some Chinese artworks and artistic elements to be known and appreciated by courts, noble patrons and general people in the Islamic Middle East. Islamic artists started to incorporate these Chinese artistic elements into their artworks, though sometimes in markedly revised form. New techniques and decorative motifs were invented based on inspirations from these Chinese elements to suit the aesthetic interests and tastes of local Islamic patrons and to fit the principles of Islam. This project aims to tackle the following questions: through whom and under what historical and social context were Chinese artworks exchanged to the Islamic Middle East? Who were the patrons for these Chinese artworks and Islamic artworks with Chinese artistic elements? Where were they consumed, in a court or another context? Was there a gender difference in the exchange, patronage and consumption? How were these Chinese elements incorporated and adapted in local Islamic art? How were these Chinese elements perceived at that time in the Islamic Middle East; were their original symbolic meanings retained in the local context? This project will devise interdisciplinary research of material cultures with a synthesis of methodologies and approaches of art history and archaeology. It will set up two datasets of Chinese artworks found in the Islamic Middle East and Islamic artworks with Chinese influence, 13th - 16th centuries CE, with a priority of those found from archaeological excavations and those with a detailed context.
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- humanities history and archaeology history
- humanities philosophy, ethics and religion religions islam
- humanities history and archaeology archaeology
- humanities arts art history
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Programme(s)
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H2020-EU.1.3. - EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions
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H2020-EU.1.3.2. - Nurturing excellence by means of cross-border and cross-sector mobility
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MSCA-IF - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships (IF)
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Call for proposal
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1649 026 Lisboa
Portugal
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