This book explores the great diversity and range of Islamic culture through one of the finest collections in the world. Published to coincide with the historic

An in-depth and comprehensive study of art from the Islamic world based on the preeminent collection in the Metropolitan Museum

Each reproduction is accompanied by a text that includes pertinent information about the work.

Published in conjunction with the reopening of the Galleries for the Art of the Arab Lands, Turkey, Iran, Central Asia, and Later South Asia on November 1, 2011

This monumental new book is the first to celebrate the greatest and most iconic paintings from the encyclopedic collections of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, N