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Age of transition Byzantine culture in the Islamic world edited by Helen C. Evans
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Metropolitan Museum of Art symposia
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art Symposia.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Art, Byzantine--Congresses.
- Art, Byzantine.
- Art, Byzantine--Influence--Congresses.
- Islamic art--Congresses.
- Islamic art.
- Byzantine Empire--Civilization--Islamic influences--Congresses.
- Byzantine Empire.
- Byzantine Empire--History--527-1081--Congresses.
- Genre:
- Conference papers and proceedings
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (ix, 159 pages) illustrations
- Distribution:
- New Haven Distributed by Yale University Press
- Place of Publication:
- New York The Metropolitan Museum of Art [2015]
- Summary:
- In 2012 the Metropolitan Museum of Art presented 'Byzantium and Islam: Age of Transition', a groundbreaking exhibition that explored the transformations and continuities in the Byzantine Empire from the 7th to the 9th century. During this time of historic upheaval, Christian and Jewish communities encountered the world of Islam, resulting in unprecedented cross-cultural exchange. The catalogue for 'Byzantium and Islam' received the 2014 World Book Award as the best new book on Islamic studies, presented by the Islamic Republic of Irans Ministry of Culture and Religious Guidance. This new volume expands upon the subject, bringing together eleven papers by internationally distinguished scholars delivered in symposia and Scholars' Days during the exhibition, with a new introduction by Helen C. Evans. These writings provide new information about the impact of Byzantine culture, both Christian and Jewish, during the development and early years of Islamic rule in the eastern Mediterranean and across North Africa, and reconsider traditional concepts about the origin of Islamic art
- Notes:
- This publication includes all essays presented at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in the following programs: Sunday at the Met, March 18, 2012; Perspectives on Byzantium and Islam: A Symposium, March 20, 2012; Floor Mosaics in the Late Antique Mediterranean: A Kallinikeion Colloquium in Byzantine Studies Symposium, May 11, 2012; A Scholars Day Workshop: Collecting Byzantine and Islamic Art, June 4, 2012
- Includes contributions by Edward Bleiberg, Lisa R. Brody, Helen c. Evans, Steven Fine, Arnold E. Franklin, Alan Gampel, Claus-Peter Haase, Lyle Humphrey, Hieromonk Justin of Sinai, Annie Montgomery Labatt, Lawrence Nees, Robert Schick, Carol Snow
- Includes bibliographical references
- Print version record
- Other Format:
- Print version Age of transition
- OCLC:
- 1411720591
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