'[T]his scholarly analysis presents insights into the development of Palestinian art before and after the cataclysmic events of 1948 during which Palestinian society was uprooted and dispersed.
Palestinian Art includes the pioneering work of those who ventured into easel painting before 1948, of refugees who made their debut in the Arab world and whose art left its deep imprint on the development of modern Arab art, and more recent work by artists making inroads into the international art scene.
Boullata also discusses the work of artists who continued to live in their homeland. Representations of home and exile, the ongoing struggle between innovation and tradition, the relationship between verbal and visual expression and the role of women artists in Palestinian modernism are key areas of focus in this work.
The book covers artists using conventional studio techniques such as painting, sculpture and mixed media, as well as younger artists employing tools such as video, photography and installation.' - excerpted from front flap.

Including sources, a select bibliography and an index.

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Palestinian Art 1850-2005

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REF.BOK
Language

English

Publication/Creation date

2009

No of pages

363

ISBN / ISSN

9780863566486

No of copies

1

Content type

monograph

Chapter headings

Preface: Concerning Identity - John BERGER

I. From Religious to Secular Iconography

1. Birth of a Pictorial Language 1850-1948

2. Nicola Saig (1863-1942): Peregrination between Religious and Secular Painting

II. Memory and Resistance

3. Artists Re-member Palestine in Beirut

4. The World, the Self, and the Body: Pioneering Women in Palestinian Art

5. 'Asim Abu Shaqra (1961-1990): The Artist's Eye and the Cactus Tree

6. Cassandra and the Photography of the Invisible

III. Art from the Ghetto

7. Visual Expression inside a Cultural Ghetto

8. Facing the Forest: Israeli and Palestinian Artists

9. Border Crossing and the Making of Palestinian Art

10. Art under Siege

IV. The Evocation of Place

11. The View from No-Man's-Land

12. To Measure Jerusalem: Explorations of the Square

Palestinian Art from 1850 to the Present
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Palestinian Art from 1850 to the Present