Books in the Hagop Kevorkian Series NE Art series

A collection of four unconventional essays presented by Islamic art and architecture expert Michael Meinecke in lecture form at New York University before his sudden death in 1995. The case studies, representing years of field experience, do not follow the traditional periodic, linear approach of m

Looks at the decorative military art of the Ottomans, and describes the masterpieces from various collections around the world, including the Topkapi Saray Museum in Istanbul, the National Museum In Cracow, the Freer Gallery of Art in Washington DC, the Nationalbibliothek in Vienna, and elsewhere.