Series: Gingko Library Art Series

The images released by the Islamic State of militants smashing statues at ancient sites were a horrifying aspect of their advance across Northern Iraq and Syria during 2015-16. Their leaders justified this iconoclasm by arguing that such actions were divinely decreed in Islam, a notion that has remained fixed in the public consciousness. The Image Debate is a collection of...

An illustrated reference book for students and scholars of Persian art, poetry, and literature. With this book, Barbara Brend provides a thorough consideration of two celebrated Persian manuscripts housed in the British Library. These two copies of the Khamsah (Quintet), a set of five narrative poems by twelfth-century poet Nizami, a master of allegorical poetry in Persian literature, were produced...