Art of the Islamic world
Subtitle: a resource for educators
By: edited by Maryam D. Ekhtiar and Claire Moore
Contributors: Ekhtiar, Maryam, editor; Moore, Claire, editor
Publisher: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 236
ISBN-13: 9781588394828; 9780300191813
Subjects: Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.).; Islamic art; Study and teaching; Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.). Department of Islamic Art
Other titles: Dazzling details.
Notes: Family guide, Dazzling details in folded front cover.

Posters and CD-ROM in pocket of back cover.

Issued in slipcase.

CD-ROM includes a PDF of the teacher resource guide, digital images of 45 featured works of art in the Metropolitan Museum's collection of easy viewing for the classroom, digital images of related objects to support classroom activities, and maps.

Includes bibliographical references and glossary.

System requirements for accompanying CD-ROM: Adobe Acrobat Reader or other PDF viewer; CD-ROM drive.
Table of contents: title: Islam and religious art; title: Arabic script and the art of calligraphy; title: Geometric design in Islamic art; title: Science and the art of the Islamic world; title: Courtly splendor in the Islamic world; title: The making of a Persian royal manuscript : the Shahnama (Book of Kings) of Shah Tahmasp; title: From the city to the steppe : art beyond the royal court; title: Trade and artistic exchange.