Author: Carboni, Stefano
Title: Venice and the Islamic World, 828-1797
Description: New York, Metropolian Museum of Art, 2007. Softcover. Color-illustrated wraps, blue spine with white lettering. 374 pp. Color and BW illustrations. Catalogue of an exhibition held at the Institut du Monde Arabe, Paris, Oct. 2, 2006-Feb. 18, 2007 and at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Mar. 27-July 8, 2007. ontents as follows: I: The cultural and historical context. Venice and the Turks / Jean-Claude Hocquet -- Venice and the Islamic world in light of archival documents / Giovanni Curatola -- Venice as an "Eastern city" / Deborah Howard -- Venice and the Mamluks / Deborah Howard -- The Serenissima and the sublime Porte : art in the art of diplomacy, 1453-1600 / Julian Raby -- "Orientalist" painting in Venice, 15th to 17th centuries / Catarina Schmidt Arcangeli -- Pigments in Venetian and Islamic painting / Barbara H. Berrie -- Renaissance Venice and her "Moors" / Michael Barry -- II: The decorative arts between Venice and the Islamic world. Oriental carpets and textiles in Venice / Walter B. Denny -- Ottoman or Italian velvets? : A technical investigation / Sandra Sardjono -- Venice's textile and carpet trade : the role of Jewish merchants / Giovanni Curatola -- Master Mahmud and inlaid metalwork in the 15th century / Sylvia Auld -- Master Mahmud and inlaid metalwork : a scientific perspective / Susan La Niece -- Venetian lacquer and bookbindings of the 16th century / Ernst J. Grube -- Venetian "lacquer" : a scientific approach / Adriana Rizzo -- Enameled glass between the Eastern Mediterranean and Venice / Rosa Barovier Mentasti and Stefano Carboni -- Influence of the Islamic tradition on the chemistry and technology of Venetian glass / Marco Verità -- Islamic influence on the production of ceramics in Venice and Padua / Maria Vittoria Fontana -- III: Catalogue of exhibited works. VG- (light crease to spine; spine split, glue & threads firm & intact) .

Keywords: European Art, Islamic Influence, Venice, Italy ; Islamic Influence on Italian Art ; ; Museum Exhibitions - European Art


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