"Without a doubt, Art, Trade, and Culture in the Islamic World and Beyond will prove a major resource for scholars and students of Islamic art for years to come. Besides the vast range of topics covered, the volume’s large format, crisp layout, and lavish color illustrations make for a truly stunning product. The first publication in the Gingko Library Art Series, this beautiful volume makes for a big splash—and augurs the Gingko Library’s ascent as a major publisher of Islamic art and architecture."
-- Dr. Christiane Jacqueline Gruber, Associate Professor of Islamic Art, History of Art Department, University of Michigan.

★ Co-authored by authoritative scholars including the Director of the Royal Asiatic Society and former researchers of the British Museum, this book features a research team with profound academic backgrounds, ensuring professional, rigorous and highly authoritative content.
★ Focusing on the cross-cultural dissemination of Islamic art from the 12th to the 19th century, this book covers diverse themes such as tile-making, metal craftsmanship and architectural inscriptions, outlining a trans-Eurasian network of artistic exchange.
★ Highly praised by senior scholars of Islamic art at the University of Michigan, this book is recognized as an essential research resource in the discipline, boasting both outstanding reputation and high academic recognition.

The essays in this book trace a rich continuum of artistic exchange that occurred between successive Islamic dynasties from the twelfth through nineteenth centuries—as well as the influence of Islamic art during that time on cultures as far away as China, Armenia, India, and Europe. Taking advantage of recent technologies that allow new ways of peering into the pasts of art objects, the authors break new ground in their exploration of the art and architecture of the Islamic world.

The essays range across a variety of topics. These include a look at tile production during the reign of the Qaytbay, the book bindings associated with Qansuh al-Ghuri, and the relationship between Mamluk metalwork and that found in Rasulid Yemen and Italy. Several essays examine inscriptions found on buildings of the Fatimid, Mamluk, and Ottoman periods, and others look at the debt of European lacquer works to Persian craftsmen, the Armenian patrons of eighteenth-century Chinese exports, and the influences of Islam on art and architecture found all across India. The result is a sweeping but deeply researched look at one of the richest networks of artistic traditions the world has ever known.

Alison Ohta is director of the Royal Asiatic Society.

Michael Rogers is the Nasser D. Khalili Professor of Islamic Art and Archaeology emeritus at the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London and honorary curator of the Khalili Collection.

Rosalind Wade Haddon is an independent scholar who has worked at a number of institutions, including the American University Cairo, the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London, and the British Museum.