{"id":3649,"date":"2017-01-05T17:13:23","date_gmt":"2017-01-05T17:13:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/world\/3649-us-exhibition-shines-light-on-qur-ans-as-collector-s-objects\/"},"modified":"2017-01-05T17:13:23","modified_gmt":"2017-01-05T17:13:23","slug":"us-exhibition-shines-light-on-qur-ans-as-collector-s-objects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/world\/3649-us-exhibition-shines-light-on-qur-ans-as-collector-s-objects\/","title":{"rendered":"US exhibition shines light on Qur\u2019ans as collector&#8217;s objects"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">The movement of Qur&rsquo;ans is explored in an exhibition at the Sackler Gallery in Washington, DC, which features rare loans from Istanbul&rsquo;s Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts. For the US museum&rsquo;s chief curator and curator of Islamic art, MassumehFarhad, who is co-curating the show with Simon Rettig, it is thrilling to trace the manuscripts&rsquo; journeys through time and space.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>  <!--more-->  <\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">The movement of Qur&rsquo;ans is explored in an exhibition at the Sackler Gallery in Washington, DC, which features rare loans from Istanbul&rsquo;s Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts. For the US museum&rsquo;s chief curator and curator of Islamic art, MassumehFarhad, who is co-curating the show with Simon Rettig, it is thrilling to trace the manuscripts&rsquo; journeys through time and space.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Examples of Qur&rsquo;an boxes, from rare early survivals made of wood, cardboard and leather to 16th- and 17th-century building-shaped wood boxes inlaid with ivory, are also on display. <\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Farhad and Rettig hope these Qur&rsquo;ans are seen as works of art. &ldquo;There is incredible variety and artistic genius in making every copy unique. Qur&rsquo;ans have been in the news a lot recently [in] a negative light,&rdquo; she says. &ldquo;As an art museum, we want to present them in a different light.&rdquo;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The movement of Qur&rsquo;ans is explored in an exhibition at the Sackler Gallery in Washington, DC, which features rare loans from Istanbul&rsquo;s Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts. 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