“Opulent and Apolitical: The Art of the Met’s Islamic Galleries”

Last updated on: August 4, 2015 at 1:31 am   by
“Opulent and Apolitical: The Art of the Met’s Islamic Galleries”

 

NY Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Islamic collections at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art really are remarkable, and were even before the redesign. My favorite single object is still probably the Houghton “Shahnameh.”
(Click to enlarge.)

 

Thanks to Jabra Ghneim for calling my attention to this:

 

http://www.npr.org/2015/08/03/429010005/opulent-and-apolitical-the-art-of-the-mets-islamic-galleries?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20150803

 

Posted from Victoria, British Columbia

 

 

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