The 25 previously published articles collected in this volume (the second of three) present an easily accessible means to the work of Grabar, one of the founders of the study of Islamic art,
archaeology, and architecture in the US. Grabar, for decades at Harvard and now at Princeton's Institute for Advanced Study, has contributed an introduction that describes his early research,
with many anecdotes, in Istanbul and elsewhere, when Islamic art was little studied. The articles of this volume are grouped into the topics of objects, art of the book, architecture and
culture, and Islamic art and the West. Aesthetics, the development of style, and the interchange of ideas and culture are frequent tropes. The articles are well illustrated with good quality
b&w plates on glossy paper. Each article is accompanied by its original notes and bibliography and there is a general index, though of proper names only. Annotation 穢2006 Book News, Inc.,
Portland, OR (booknews.com)
