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Muhammad in Modern Art, by Alice Bombardier
Lecture given by Alice Bombardier (Professeure agrégée at Sorbonne Université) as part of the Théologies en dialogue Chair of the Faculty of Theology at UCLy, in Lyon, on 25 March 2026.
Working against the grain of a historiography of the “rarity” of representations of the Prophet, the speaker documents the diversification of prophetic figuration in contemporary visual arts from the 19th to the 21st centuries. The lecture examines the tensions with puritan movements (notably Saudi ones) and the wave of Iranian artistic responses after 2006, which restore the image of the Prophet.
Conférence donnée par Alice Bombardier (professeure agrégée à Sorbonne Université) dans le cadre de la Chaire Théologies en dialogue de la Faculté de théologie de l’UCLy, à Lyon, le 25 mars 2026.
À contre-courant d’une historiographie de la « rareté » des représentations du Prophète, l’intervenante montre la diversification de la figuration prophétique dans les arts plastiques contemporains, du XIXᵉ au XXIᵉ siècle. L’exposé s’arrête sur les tensions avec les mouvements puritains (notamment saoudiens) et sur la vague de réactions artistiques iraniennes postérieures à 2006, qui restaurent l’image du Prophète.
محاضرة ألقتها أليس بومباردييه (أستاذة معلّمة في جامعة السوربون) ضمن كرسي «لاهوتيات في حوار» بكلية اللاهوت في الجامعة الكاثوليكية بليون (UCLy)، في ليون، بتاريخ 25 مارس 2026.
بعكس تأريخ يزعم «ندرة» تمثيلات النبي، تُبيّن المحاضِرة تنوّع صور النبي في الفنون التشكيلية المعاصرة، من القرن التاسع عشر إلى الحادي والعشرين. وتتوقّف عند التوتّرات مع الحركات المتشدّدة (لا سيما السعودية)، وعند موجة الردود الفنية الإيرانية بعد عام 2006 التي أعادت الاعتبار لصورة النبي.
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