... those perfidious French

[ex-wild-iris641.livejournal.com]

Louvre to have Islamic Art Wing

Gotta love those Arabs.
They still haven't figured it out: people aren't interested in seeing the "bright face of the Islamic world" represented through artwork. They prefer to see the "bright face of the Islamic world" represented by strong and decisive actions to eliminate the perpetrators of radical Islamic violence from their communities, so that people can live in peace and not in fear.  The hell with "artwork".

Any chance we could also get a special wing for Judeo-Christian artwork, or Jewish artwork?

Perhaps the Buddhists would like to have their own wing? Heck, all they have to do  is donate 17 million Euros and use their considerable financial resources to suck up to the French leadership.

As usual with the perfidious French... money talks, and ignorance and arrogance are the order of the day.
Pathetic.

 

 
 

Comments

[izuko.livejournal.com]

I don't think we need a judeo-christian wing. It hides the fact that we're responsible for carrying the western civilization torch that we inherited from the greeks and romans and creating the very world that currently exists. The fact that the Louvre exists hand holds signifigance is a tribute to judeo-christian western civiliaztion and all that have come from it.

As does the fact that we're even talking about muslim art in the aftermath of 9/11.

[embitca.livejournal.com]

I was just going to say the very existence of the Louvre is a testament to Judeo-Christianity. Well done!

[zyllah.livejournal.com]

Its always been interesting to me how Islam devolved. Same reason I still read pern books I guess. However that being said Islamic art can be incredibly beautiful. I still hate the french though;)

[phangurl.livejournal.com]

I was seriously coming in here to make pretty much this exact comment. LOL

[zyllah.livejournal.com]

lol. I majored in anthropology so I think a big part of what I liked about that and what I tend to like in sci/fi-fantasy is the world building.

[zyllah.livejournal.com]

they tend to do beautiful abstract mosaics though

[shaolin.livejournal.com]

Weeell, the Louvre's collection of art is mainly Judeo-Christian, so why not have a large collection of Islamic art? I mean, I can't be sure, but I think before this donation, the Metropolitan had a larger section for Islamic art than the Louvre did. And that's saying something, since the Met is significantly smaller than the Louvre!

In fact, the last time I was at the Louvre, a lot of their Islamic art was on loan from the Met. And, the Met has a collection of Buddhist art (lot of Chinese/Indian Buddhas as I remember), though I don't remember seeing any such art at the Louvre (I could be wrong).

In spite of being glumly reminded of current events, I still really love the intricate patterns and colors of Islamic art. It's breath-taking.

[penfold-x.livejournal.com]

I love Islamic art. I don't see what the issue is here.