Masterpieces from the Department of Islamic Art in the Metropolitan Museum of Art / edited by Maryam D. Ekhtiar ... [et al.].
Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.); Ekhtiar, Maryam.
2011
N6263.N4 M47 2011 (Mapit)
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Title Masterpieces from the Department of Islamic Art in the Metropolitan Museum of Art / edited by Maryam D. Ekhtiar ... [et al.].
Corporate Author Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
ISBN 9780300175851 (Yale University Press)
030017585X (Yale University Press)
9781588394347 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
1588394344 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
9781588394354 (pbk. : Metropolitan Museum of Art)
1588394352 (pbk. : Metropolitan Museum of Art)
Publication Details New York : Metropolitan Museum of Art ; New Haven [Conn.] : Distributed by Yale University Press, c2011.
Language English
Description xiii, 431 p. : ill. (some col.), col. map ; 29 cm.
Call Number N6263.N4 M47 2011
Dewey Decimal Classification 709.17/670747471
Summary This book explores the great diversity and range of Islamic culture through one of the finest collections in the world. Published to coincide with the historic reopening of the galleries of the Metropolitan Museum's Islamic Art Department, it presents nearly three hundred masterworks created in the rich tradition of the Islamic faith and culture. The Metropolitan's renowned holdings range chronologically from the origins of Islam in the 7th century through the 19th century, and geographically from as far west as Spain to as far east as Southeast Asia.
Note Published in conjunction with the reopening of the Galleries for the Art of the Arab Lands, Turkey, Iran, Central Asia, and Later South Asia on November 1, 2011.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
Added Author Ekhtiar, Maryam.
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Building a collection of Islamic art at the Metropolitan Museum, 1870-2011 / Priscilla P. Soucek
A century of installations : a photo essay / Rebecca Meriwether Lindsay
The new Galleries for the Art of the Arab Lands, Turkey, Iran, Central Asia, and Later South Asia / Navina Najat Haidar
Art of the early caliphates (7th to 10th centuries) / Maryam D. Ekhtiar
Art of Spain, North Africa, and the Western Mediterranean / Olga Bush
Art of the Eastern Islamic lands (9th to 14th centuries) / Priscilla P. Soucek
Art of Egypt and Syria (10th to 16th centuries) / Stefano Carboni
Art of Iran and Central Asia (15th to 19th centuries) / Sheila R. Canby
Art of the Ottoman Court / Walter B. Denny
Art of South Asia (14th to 19th centuries) / Navina Najat Haidar.

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