Islam in Europe

Abstract

"This catalogue presents 60 works of art, from both the Islamic world and the European middle ages, which have taken a decade to bring together and are presented together in this way for the first time. Together the works elucidate the complete integration of Islamic art and artisanal technology into European visual culture during a period of extraordinary efflorescence. This illuminating exhibition catalogue interrogates the entanglement of the Islamic world with European visual culture during the medieval period and Renaissance, from the 9th century to the end of the 17th. It traces and reveals this interconnectedness through works of art that reflect the intense environment of contact, influence and exchange which developed over centuries between the two cultures."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents

Islam and Christendom -- Spain -- Italy -- Appendix. 'Lotto' carpets reconsidered / Michael Franses.