"Published on the occasion of the exhibition Islamic Art and Patronage: Treasures from Kuwait, a loan exhibition from the al-Sabah Collection, Kuwait, organized by the Trust for Museums Exhibitions, Washington, D.C."--T.p. verso. Includes bibliographical references (p. 309-310) and index.
Contents:
Patronage in Islamic art / Oleg Grabar -- Early Islam : emerging patterns (662-1050) / Estelle Whelan -- Catalogue entries 1-23 / Ghada H. Qaddumi with Manuel Keene -- The classical period (1050-1250) / Jonathan M. Bloom -- Catalogue entries 24-46 / Ghada H. Qaddumi with Manuel Keene -- The postclassical period (1250-1500) / Sheila S. Blair -- Catalogue entries 47-71 / Ghada H. Qaddumi with Manuel Keene -- Late Islam : the age of empires (1500-1800) / Walter B. Denny -- Catalogue entries 72-107 / Ghada H. Qaddumi with Manuel Keene.
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