Middle Eastern Encounters: Collected Essays on Visual, Material, and Textual Interactions Between the Eighth and the Twenty-First Centuries

by Marcus Milwright

This book focuses on interactions between the Islamic world and other regions from the late eighth to the twenty-first centuries. Some chapters consider the complex relationship between Islam and the cultures of Late Antiquity in the Middle East and Mediterranean basin. The reprinted chapters in this volume have been revised and updated. Topics include relief-moulded pottery production in Raqqa, the construction of palaces in Samarra, portraiture...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1463241933
• ISBN13: 9781463241933
• Release Date: July 2020
• Publisher: Gorgias Press
• Length: 571 Pages