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Masterpieces from the Department of Islamic Art in The Metropolitan Museum of Art [Arabic Edition]: روائع تحف الفن الإسلامي في متحف المتروبوليتان للفنون
Mariam D. Ekhtiar
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Description for Masterpieces from the Department of Islamic Art in The Metropolitan Museum of Art [Arabic Edition]: روائع تحف الفن الإسلامي في متحف المتروبوليتان للفنون
Hardcover. A full-color introduction to the most outstanding pieces in the Metropolitan Museum's superb Islamic collection, in Arabic Editor(s): Canby, Sheila R.; Haidar, Navina Najat. Num Pages: 448 pages, 377 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KB; 2CSR; AC; WTHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 280 x 225 x 33. .
This expansive book reveals the great diversity and range of art of the Arab lands, Turkey, Iran, Central Asia, and later South Asia. Published to coincide with the historic reopening of the galleries of the Metropolitan Museum's Islamic Art Department, it presents nearly three hundred masterpieces from one of the finest collections in the world. The works range chronologically from the origins of Islam in the seventh century through the nineteenth century, and geographically from as far west as Spain and Morocco to as far east as India. Outstanding miniature paintings and illuminated manuscripts, ceramics, textiles, carpets, glass, and metalwork ... Read more
This expansive book reveals the great diversity and range of art of the Arab lands, Turkey, Iran, Central Asia, and later South Asia. Published to coincide with the historic reopening of the galleries of the Metropolitan Museum's Islamic Art Department, it presents nearly three hundred masterpieces from one of the finest collections in the world. The works range chronologically from the origins of Islam in the seventh century through the nineteenth century, and geographically from as far west as Spain and Morocco to as far east as India. Outstanding miniature paintings and illuminated manuscripts, ceramics, textiles, carpets, glass, and metalwork ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
The American University in Cairo Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
448
Place of Publication
Cairo, Egypt
ISBN
9789774168154
SKU
V9789774168154
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About Mariam D. Ekhtiar
Mariam D. Ekhtiar is senior research associate in the Department of Islamic Art at The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Priscilla P. Soucek is John L. Loeb Professor, Institute of Fine Arts, New York University.Sheila R. Canby is Patti Cadby Birch Curator in Charge of the Department of Islamic Art at The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Navina Najat Haidar is curator and administrator ... Read more
Reviews for Masterpieces from the Department of Islamic Art in The Metropolitan Museum of Art [Arabic Edition]: روائع تحف الفن الإسلامي في متحف المتروبوليتان للفنون
"This publication is the most ambitious of its type for some years. Of the numerous surveys of Islamic art already available, this is probably the most comprehensive and scholarly while at the same time being quite accessible... With entries by a host of scholars of different nationalities, the task of achieving consistency must have required considerable editorial discipline. This has ... Read more