About the Author

Eleanor Sims, formerly curatorial assistant in the Islamic Department of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and assistant professor of Islamic art history at the Universities of Minnesota and Pennsylvania, is editor of Islamic Art. Boris I. Marshak is head of the Central Asian and Caucasian department at the Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg. Ernst J. Grube was the first curator of Islamic art at the Metropolitan Museum and is now professor emeritus of the University of Venice.

Reviews

"Far more than a mere history of Persian painting, this book takes us on a journey of discovery through an enchanted world of battles and combats, demons and dragons, landscapes and lovers, informed throughout by the author's deep knowledge and passion for her subject." - Jonathan M. Bloom, coauthor of The Art and Architecture of Islam, 1250-1800