Description
Book SynopsisThis book offers a unique introduction to European and Near Eastern art and culture from the Renaissance onwards, exploring the exchange of artistic ideas between Europe and the Islamic world. The essays highlight the mutual influence between these two cultures and emphasize their shared classical heritage.
Table of ContentsPreface
A Fishing Party at the Court of William VI, Count of Holland, Zeeland and Hainault: Metz Unmuss
Four Tapestries after Hieronymus Bosch
Sannazaro and Mantegna
A Group of Florentine Drawings for an Altar
Huius nympha loci. A pseudo-classical Inscription and a Drawing by Durer
Durer, Leonardo and the Invention of the Ellipsograph
An Early Copy of the Battle of Anghiari
Forgeries of Marginal Drawings in the Style of Leonardo da Vinci
Engravings on Silver by Annibale Carracci
Gli Amori de' Carracci. Four Forgotten Paintings by Agostino Carracci
Van Dyck and Reni
A Gold Helmet made in Venice for Sultan Sulayman the Magnificent
Kunstlerische Beziehungen zwischen Prag und Persien zur Zeit Kaiser Rudolfs II. und Beiträge zur Geschichte seiner Sammlungen
The Turkish Dresses in the Costume-Book of Rubens (with Hilde Schueller Kurz)
Pictorial Records of Favart's Comedy "Les trois Sultanes"
The Strange History of an Alhambra Vase
Lion Masks with Rings in the West and in the East
Folding Chairs and Koran Stands
A Volume of Mughal Drawings and Miniatures
Libri cum characteribus ex nulla materia compositis
Bibliography of Otto Kurz
Index
