Coming back to work much later than normally this year, a new exhibition
had already premiered at the museum in the middle of September, 'Mamluks, Legacy of an Empire'.
This
will be one that I actually will not be delivering. The first one ever
that I skip! As I haven't been there for any of the training
sessions, reading circles, curatorial walk-throughs etc, it would be
impossible to catch up on the studying.
This exhibition is about the Mamluk Sultanate (1250-1517), and it is the first in forty years to be devoted to this dynasty.
The Mamluks were enslaved soldiers who seized power in Egypt and the Greater Syria after overthrowing the Ayyubid dynasty they once served. For the nearly 250 years that followed, the medieval West Asia enjoyed a golden age under the Mamluk rule. There are many masterpieces in the exhibition, left by the Mamluks to testify to the power and patronage of its leaders.
This exhibition is about the Mamluk Sultanate (1250-1517), and it is the first in forty years to be devoted to this dynasty.
The Mamluks were enslaved soldiers who seized power in Egypt and the Greater Syria after overthrowing the Ayyubid dynasty they once served. For the nearly 250 years that followed, the medieval West Asia enjoyed a golden age under the Mamluk rule. There are many masterpieces in the exhibition, left by the Mamluks to testify to the power and patronage of its leaders.
The exhibition fits perfectly into the
universal approach of the museum by providing a new and broader view of
this period, from a more global perspective. It goes
beyond the traditional focus on the military elite and reveals the
complex and multifaceted Malmuk society as a whole.
It's another beautiful exhibition.
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