Mavi Boncuk|Sophie Makariou (Director of the Islamic Art department, Musée du Louvre)
Sophie has been in charge of the projects of the news galleries since 2004. With the Louvre team, she has been collaborating with the SCA for the reopening of the Museum of Islamic Art, Cairo.
After a training at The Inalco (Ecole des Langues et civilisation Orientales) in Arabic, the Ecole du Louvre ( Main topic : Islamic Art) and at the EHESS (Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales) in History (MA under direction of Lucette Valensi) She prepared her entrance to the Ecole national du Patrimoine, Paris (1992-1994). Since 1994, she is curator for islamic art. She is now director of the Islamic Art department, Musée du Louvre.
Her research has mainly focused on Spain (l’Andalousie arabe, Hazan, 2000) and the Medieval Mediterranean, dealing with ivories of the Umayyad court (an article about the al-Mughira pyxis, forthcoming 2009, in 'Umayyad Heirtage', Brill), rock crystal objects, Nasrid inscriptions versus architecture (Studia Islamica,96, 2005), mamluk objects made for the Lusignan of Cyprus (To be published in Gesta) with few insights into the art of the book.
Sophie has been in charge of the projects of the news galleries since 2004. With the Louvre team, she has been collaborating with the SCA for the reopening of the Museum of Islamic Art, Cairo.
After a training at The Inalco (Ecole des Langues et civilisation Orientales) in Arabic, the Ecole du Louvre ( Main topic : Islamic Art) and at the EHESS (Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales) in History (MA under direction of Lucette Valensi) She prepared her entrance to the Ecole national du Patrimoine, Paris (1992-1994). Since 1994, she is curator for islamic art. She is now director of the Islamic Art department, Musée du Louvre.
Her research has mainly focused on Spain (l’Andalousie arabe, Hazan, 2000) and the Medieval Mediterranean, dealing with ivories of the Umayyad court (an article about the al-Mughira pyxis, forthcoming 2009, in 'Umayyad Heirtage', Brill), rock crystal objects, Nasrid inscriptions versus architecture (Studia Islamica,96, 2005), mamluk objects made for the Lusignan of Cyprus (To be published in Gesta) with few insights into the art of the book.
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