
Intersections: Art and Islamic Cosmopolitanism
Tom Verde
Melia Belli Bose, ed.
University of Florida Press, 2021.
"[I]ntercultural intersections of various natures left their impress on works of Islamic art from its very foundation."
—Excerpt from Intersections: Art and Islamic Cosmopolitanism, edited by Melia Belli Bose
—Excerpt from Intersections: Art and Islamic Cosmopolitanism, edited by Melia Belli Bose
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