Amazing stories?
Journal: transcript Verlag eBooks
Year: 2024

This essay reconsiders the place of Crimea's Islamic heritage in Ukraine's mainstream art histories.Unlike art and architecture originating among Orthodox Christian communities, the Crimean heritage, produced by a people ethnically, culturally and religiously different, presented a challenge in terms of patrimonialization for Ukraine's titular nationality.From the early 20 th century, the Ukrainian art historical narrative was exclusive and ethno-centred; thus, it was sluggish in embracing the o