Table of Contents

Preface and Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Trade, Travel and Diplomacy 2. Patterned Silks 3. Oriental Script in Italian Paintings 4. Carpets 5. Ceramics 6. Glass 7. Bookbinding and Lacquer 8. Inlaid Brass 9. The Pictorial Arts 10. From Bazaar to Piazza and Back Notes Glossary Bibliography Picture Credits Index

About the Author

Rosamond E. Mack is an independent scholar who received a doctorate in Renaissance art from Harvard University. She has lived in the Middle East and has traveled extensively in the countries whose art figures in this book.

Reviews

"Mack's survey of luxury objects and techniques in the late Middle Ages and especially during the Renaissance is excellently researched, well written, learned and interesting at the same time.... The scholarship is superior, in fact quite amazing, if one considers the variety of topics involved, the illustrations plentiful but essential." - Oleg Grabar, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton