Published in conjunction with the exhibition Byzantium and Islam : age of transition (7th-9th century), held at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY, March 14-July 8, 2012. Includes bibliographical references (p. 293-319) and index.
Contents:
Byzantium -- Byzantium and Islam: Age of Transition (7th-9th century) / Helen C. Evans -- Commerce -- "Ornaments of excellence" from "the miserable gains of commerce" luxury art and Byzantine culture / Thelma K. Thomas -- Islam -- Country estates, material culture, and the celebration of princely life: Islamic art and the secular domain / Anna Ballian.
Summary:
Explores the transformations and continuities in the Byzantine Empire from the seventh to the ninth century, when North Africa and the eastern Mediterranean were at the crossroads of exchanges reaching from Spain to China, experienced historic upheavals when their Christian and Jewish communities encountered the emerging Islamic world, and were causing a blending of cultures and scholarly works, arts and artifacts.
Indexed by:
Library Journal, May 2012 Choice, August 2012 Library Journal Choice
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