Contributions

  • Hess, Catherine, 1957- - Contributor
  • Komaroff, Linda, 1953- - Contributor
  • Saliba, George. - Contributor

Publication

2004 - J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, California

Language

English

Word Count

43,000 words, Guess

Page Count

172 pages

Identifiers

and 4 more

Classifications

  • LCCNK5152.A1 A75 2004

Description

"Published to coincide with an exhibition at the J. Paul Getty Museum, The Arts of Fire demonstrates how many of the techniques of glass and ceramic production and ornamentation were first developed in the Islamic East between the eighth and twelfth centuries. Essays by volume editor Catherine Hess and by Linda Komaroff and George Saliba demonstrate early modern Europe's debt to the Islamic world and help us better understand the interrelationships of cultures over time."--BOOK JACKET

Subjects

Topics

ArtItalyIslamGeneralEuropeanKeramiekVerrerie

Places

Other Editions

  • The arts of fire: Islamic influences on glass and ceramics of the Italian RenaissanceJ. Paul Getty Museum2004-01-01

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