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March 25, 2008
Stefano Carboni, ed. Venice and the Islamic World, 828-1797 Exh. cat. New Haven and London: Yale University Press in association with Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2007. 375 pp.; 250 color ills. Cloth $75.00 (9780300124309)

Exhibition schedule: Institut du Monde Arabe, Paris, October 2, 2006–February 18, 2007; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, March 27–July 8, 2007

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CrossRef DOI: 10.3202/caa.reviews.2008.29

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The catalogue accompanying the exhibition Venice and the Islamic World, 828–1797 details Venice’s role as a commercial, political, and diplomatic hub, strategically situated at the center of Mediterranean trade, and examines how the city absorbed artistic and cultural ideas from the Islamic world. With its rich essays on the historical and cultural background, focused studies on individual media, and technical examination of paint pigments, textile weaves, metalwork inlay, and lacquer and glass production, the catalogue...