Abstract:

Islamic art, as an indicator, defined art productions determined by religious and geographical limitations. Islamic works of art, in general terms, are the productions of societies governed under the rule of sharia. This situation aims to name and give meaning to the perspective of the definer and the society in which the definition takes place. Art, as a branch of science in the West, has built its development on secular thought. For this reason, the canon knowledge of art was formed by the stylistic changes that Western society experienced culturally and politically. Islamic art, like all non-Western societies’ art research, began on the basis of ethnographic research. In this context, research objects were seen as cultural production, not as works of art. For this reason, Islamic art experts have become experts in anthropology, religion and political history, as well as art history. The research will evaluate the problems caused by the inclusiveness of Islamic art, which has become socialized with this orientation, by examining the formation of the Islamic art image. In this analysis, it is aimed to reveal the ideological background of the image of Islamic art, which has developed as a unifying term by ignoring differences. The research is limited to evaluating Islamic art as an indicator in the knowledge construction process carried out by Western museums on Islamic societies.

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