PEREGRINACIÓN, CIENCIAS Y SUFISMO. El arte islámico en Cisjordania y Gaza

Mahmoud Hawari

Jan 2003 · Museum With No Frontiers, MWNF (Museum Ohne Grenzen)

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 El arte islámico en Cisjordania y Gaza explora un período durante los reinados de las dinastías ayyubíes, mamelucas y otomanas, en el cual llegaban a Palestina numerosos peregrinos y eruditos de todo el mundo musulmán. Las grandes dinastías encargaban obras maestras del arte y la arquitectura para los centros religiosos más importantes. Por atraer a los sabios más destacados, muchos centros gozaban de un prestigio considerable y promovían la difusión de un arte peculiar que sigue fascinando. Los monumentos y la arquitectura islámica de este Itinerario-Exposición reflejan claramente las conexiones entre el mecenazgo dinástico, la actividad intelectual y la rica expresión de la devoción popular, arraigada en esta tierra durante siglos. Nueve recorridos le invitan a descubrir 70 museos, monumentos y yacimientos en Jerusalén, Jericó, Nablús, Belén, Hebrón y Gaza, entre otras localidades.<br><br><br>became one of the most prestigious centres for learning in the Muslim world. The most <br>eminent erudites came to teach in the al-Asqa Mosque, men of letters whose reputation <br>spanned the whole of the Islamic world devoted themselves with passion to the art of<br> debate, exegesis and rhetoric. Hundreds of <i>madrasa</i>s were built in Jerusalem, <br>Hebron, Nablus, Gaza and Zefat, the Haram al-Sharif alone may have accommodated up<br> to 360 masters of different disciplines. These allowed for the decisive launch of Sufic<br> philosophy, while, concurrently, promoting healthy economic activity galvanised by the continuous<br> meetings of scholars and the faithful. Thousands of monumental tombs, mosques, <i>zawiya</i>s<br> and <i>caravanserai</i>s were built. To the enormous benefit of art history, these allocations, <br>which, under the Ottoman Empire, were granted as far as Asia, Europe and Africa, have also <br>guaranteed, in the long term, the upkeep and conservation of an impressive architectural heritage. It <br>is thus that in this most modest geographic area, a sumptuous heritage transforms the country into <br>an amazing architectural museum, where the entire panorama of Islamic styles is still present today.