Oleg Grabar is Emeritus Professor in the School of Historical Studies at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, USA, and Aga Khan Professor Emeritus of Islamic Art and Architecture at Harvard University, USA.

• Contents: Preface; Introduction. Part 1 Objects: Two pieces of metalwork at the University of Michigan; Les arts mineurs de l'Orient musulman à partir du milieu du XIIe siècle; Trade with the East and the influence of Islamic art on the 'luxury arts' in the West; The shared culture of objects; Epigrafika Vostoka, a critical review. Part 2 Art of the Book: A newly discovered illustrated manuscript of the Maqamat of Hariri; Notes on the iconography of the 'Demotte' Shahname; The illustrated Maqamat of the 13th century: the bourgeoisie and the arts; Pictures or commentaries: the illustrations of the Maqamat of al-Hariri; About an Arabic Dioskorides manuscript; Toward an aesthetic of Persian painting; About two Mughal miniatures; A preliminary note on two 18th-century representations of Mecca and Medina. Part 3 Architecture and Culture: The inscriptions of the Madrasa-Mausoleum of Qaytbay; Isfahan as a mirror of Persian architecture; Reflections on Mamluk art; An exhibition of high Ottoman art; The meanings of Sinan's architecture; The many gates of Ottoman art; The Crusades and the development of Islamic art. Part 4 Islamic Art and the West: Islamic architecture and the West: influences and parallels; Patterns and ways of cultural exchange; Europe and the Orient: an ideologically charged exhibition; Classical forms in Islamic art and some implications; Islamic art and architecture and the antique. Index.

'Ashgate Variorum has now acknowledged Grabar's signal contribution to the field with a beautifully produced four-volume collection of his shorter publications. Grabar's former students and numerous other fans will welcome the ready access this matched set affords to scores of Grabar's articles... Even readers broadly familliar with Grabar's variegated contributions to the field will find something new here. In its very thougthful thematic arrangement, this collection presents a comprehensive methodological overview that truly lives up to its series title, Constructing the Study of Islamic Art... All in all, this marvelous collection by a truly memorable man belongs in every serious art history collection.' Religion and the Arts

Oleg Grabar is Emeritus Professor in the School of Historical Studies at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, USA, and Aga Khan Professor Emeritus of Islamic Art and Architecture at Harvard University, USA.

• Contents: Preface; Introduction. Part 1 Objects: Two pieces of metalwork at the University of Michigan; Les arts mineurs de l'Orient musulman à partir du milieu du XIIe siècle; Trade with the East and the influence of Islamic art on the 'luxury arts' in the West; The shared culture of objects; Epigrafika Vostoka, a critical review. Part 2 Art of the Book: A newly discovered illustrated manuscript of the Maqamat of Hariri; Notes on the iconography of the 'Demotte' Shahname; The illustrated Maqamat of the 13th century: the bourgeoisie and the arts; Pictures or commentaries: the illustrations of the Maqamat of al-Hariri; About an Arabic Dioskorides manuscript; Toward an aesthetic of Persian painting; About two Mughal miniatures; A preliminary note on two 18th-century representations of Mecca and Medina. Part 3 Architecture and Culture: The inscriptions of the Madrasa-Mausoleum of Qaytbay; Isfahan as a mirror of Persian architecture; Reflections on Mamluk art; An exhibition of high Ottoman art; The meanings of Sinan's architecture; The many gates of Ottoman art; The Crusades and the development of Islamic art. Part 4 Islamic Art and the West: Islamic architecture and the West: influences and parallels; Patterns and ways of cultural exchange; Europe and the Orient: an ideologically charged exhibition; Classical forms in Islamic art and some implications; Islamic art and architecture and the antique. Index.

'Ashgate Variorum has now acknowledged Grabar's signal contribution to the field with a beautifully produced four-volume collection of his shorter publications. Grabar's former students and numerous other fans will welcome the ready access this matched set affords to scores of Grabar's articles... Even readers broadly familliar with Grabar's variegated contributions to the field will find something new here. In its very thougthful thematic arrangement, this collection presents a comprehensive methodological overview that truly lives up to its series title, Constructing the Study of Islamic Art... All in all, this marvelous collection by a truly memorable man belongs in every serious art history collection.' Religion and the Arts

Oleg Grabar is Emeritus Professor in the School of Historical Studies at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, USA, and Aga Khan Professor Emeritus of Islamic Art and Architecture at Harvard University, USA.

• Contents: Preface; Introduction. Part 1 Objects: Two pieces of metalwork at the University of Michigan; Les arts mineurs de l'Orient musulman à partir du milieu du XIIe siècle; Trade with the East and the influence of Islamic art on the 'luxury arts' in the West; The shared culture of objects; Epigrafika Vostoka, a critical review. Part 2 Art of the Book: A newly discovered illustrated manuscript of the Maqamat of Hariri; Notes on the iconography of the 'Demotte' Shahname; The illustrated Maqamat of the 13th century: the bourgeoisie and the arts; Pictures or commentaries: the illustrations of the Maqamat of al-Hariri; About an Arabic Dioskorides manuscript; Toward an aesthetic of Persian painting; About two Mughal miniatures; A preliminary note on two 18th-century representations of Mecca and Medina. Part 3 Architecture and Culture: The inscriptions of the Madrasa-Mausoleum of Qaytbay; Isfahan as a mirror of Persian architecture; Reflections on Mamluk art; An exhibition of high Ottoman art; The meanings of Sinan's architecture; The many gates of Ottoman art; The Crusades and the development of Islamic art. Part 4 Islamic Art and the West: Islamic architecture and the West: influences and parallels; Patterns and ways of cultural exchange; Europe and the Orient: an ideologically charged exhibition; Classical forms in Islamic art and some implications; Islamic art and architecture and the antique. Index.

'Ashgate Variorum has now acknowledged Grabar's signal contribution to the field with a beautifully produced four-volume collection of his shorter publications. Grabar's former students and numerous other fans will welcome the ready access this matched set affords to scores of Grabar's articles... Even readers broadly familliar with Grabar's variegated contributions to the field will find something new here. In its very thougthful thematic arrangement, this collection presents a comprehensive methodological overview that truly lives up to its series title, Constructing the Study of Islamic Art... All in all, this marvelous collection by a truly memorable man belongs in every serious art history collection.' Religion and the Arts