Statens museer för världskultur - Medelhavsmuseet
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Islamisk konst, Room 7, Room 8, Islamic exhibition and Islamic art
1.3.0 2026-08-22 Islamisk konst, Room 7, Room 8, Islamic exhibition and Islamic art Rådata 3953677 exhibition Statens museer för världskultur - Medelhavsmuseet SMVK-MM Utställning http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/exhibition/3953677 - Diarienummer - The Islamic exhibition and Islamic art The Museum of Mediterranean and Near Eastern Antiquities also has the largest and only permanent exhibition of Islamic art in Sweden. The collection shows objects in ceramics, metal, wood and textiles as well as book illustrations and miniature painting. It elucidates Islamic art from AD 600 to AD 1900. Islamic art is a world rich in shapes and colours both on the objects and in the décor. Arabesques and star patterns, calligraphic script, and the narrative pictures, illustrations to poetry, culture and science characterize the art. Islamic art and culture are heirs in southern and the eastern Mediterranean area to the Hellenistic, Roman, Persian and older Christian cultures. The museum’s Islamic exhibition and extensive program activity aim to provide valuable knowledge for the understanding of Islam in Sweden – and in the world - today. (www.medelhavsmuseet.se, 2010-09-08) Permanent image/jpeg https://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-mhm/web/image/tn/3638259/representation https://collections.smvk.se/carlotta-mhm/web/image/zoom/3638258/representation http://kulturarvsdata.se/resurser/License#by Kaneberg, Ove Statens museer för världskultur http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/exhibitionpart/3953863 http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/exhibitionpart/3953864 http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/exhibitionpart/3953865 http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/exhibitionpart/3953866 http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/exhibitionpart/3953867 http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/exhibitionpart/3953868 http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/exhibitionpart/3953869 http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/exhibitionpart/3953870 http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/exhibitionpart/3953871 http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/exhibitionpart/3953872 http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/exhibitionpart/3953873 http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/exhibitionpart/3953895 http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/exhibitionpart/3953896 http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/exhibitionpart/3953897 http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/exhibition/html/3953677 http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/exhibition/xml/3953677 http://kulturarvsdata.se/SMVK-MM/exhibition/rdf/3953677
Description
The Islamic exhibition and Islamic art The Museum of Mediterranean and Near Eastern Antiquities also has the largest and only permanent exhibition of Islamic art in Sweden. The collection shows objects in ceramics, metal, wood and textiles as well as book illustrations and miniature painting. It elucidates Islamic art from AD 600 to AD 1900. Islamic art is a world rich in shapes and colours both on the objects and in the décor. Arabesques and star patterns, calligraphic script, and the narrative pictures, illustrations to poetry, culture and science characterize the art. Islamic art and culture are heirs in southern and the eastern Mediterranean area to the Hellenistic, Roman, Persian and older Christian cultures. The museum’s Islamic exhibition and extensive program activity aim to provide valuable knowledge for the understanding of Islam in Sweden – and in the world - today. (www.medelhavsmuseet.se, 2010-09-08)
Type of exhibition
Permanent
Name of Exhibition, Swedish
Islamisk konst
Alternative Name
Room 7
Room 8
Title
Islamic exhibition and Islamic art
Diary number
Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm
Kaneberg, Ove
Statens museer för världskultur