| ISBN |
9780691181844 |
| Title |
Romance and reason : Islamic transformations of the classical past / edited by Roberta Casagrande-Kim, Samuel Thrope, Raquel Ukeles |
| Publisher |
New York, NY : Institute for the Study of the Ancient World at New York University, [2018] |
| Physical desc. |
151 pages ; color illustrations ; 28 cm. |
| Note |
Catalogue of an exhibition held at the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World from February 14, 2018-May 13, 2018. |
| Bibliography etc. |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 140-147) |
| Contents |
Romance and reason : Islamic transformations of the classical past / Samuel Thrope, Raquel Ukeles. -- The Alexander romance / Julia Rubanovich. -- Picturing the archetypal king: Iskandar in Islamic painting / Rachel Milstein. -- Islamic medicine : refractions of the classical past / Leigh Chipman. -- Mathematics, astronomy, and astrology / Y. Tzvi Langermann. -- Rationalizing the divine : Greek philosophy in the Islamic world / Steven Harvey. |
| Person as subject |
Alexander the Great -- 356 B.C.-323 B.C. -- Exhibitions |
| Subject |
Islamic civilization -- Greek influences -- Exhibitions |
| Manuscripts, Persian -- Exhibitions |
| Manuscripts, Arabic -- Exhibitions |
| Manuscripts, Turkish -- Exhibitions |
| Islamic art |
| Added name(s) |
Casagrande-Kim, Roberta editor |
| Thrope, Samuel 1980- editor |
| Ukeles, Raquel editor |
| Added name(s) - Corporate |
New York University Institute for the Study of the Ancient World |
