"Alhambra" from Living in a Dream by John L. Norwich. NY: Simon & Schuster, 1991

Florida Atlantic University Libraries
Boca Raton Campus
S.E. Wimberly Library Exhibits

Middle Eastern Art

Art Historian, Wendy M. Blazier, spoke on 11 centuries of Islamic Art Wednesday, May 28 at 10:30 a.m. in Florida Atlantic University's Performing Arts Building 101, a part of the new Schmidt College of Arts and Humanites complex. This presentation covered Islamic Art from the 7th century to the 18th century.

Blazier received her M.A. in art history and criticism from Florida State University. Her thesis entitled "A Study of Twenty Ayyubid and Mamluk Gilt and Enamelled Glass Vessels in the Museum of Arab Art, Cairo" resulted from her study at the American University at Cairo and the Florida State University Study Center in Florence. During her Research Assistantship from Harvard she studied Islamic Art within Bernard Berenson's private library of Oriental and Islamic art texts in Villa I Tatti, Settignano, Italy.

In conjunction with this event is a Middle Eastern Art Exhibition in the Wimberly Library, Boca Raton Campus. It features books which pertain to Armenian, Coptic, Islamic and Judaic art. The volumes focus on miniatures, calligraphy and architecture. The display also includes information on oriental carpets, and some glassware, pottery and metal work. The displays may be viewed from 8 a.m. to midnight Monday through Thursday, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, and noon to midnight Sunday during May, June and July.

"Darbar of Jahanber" from Oriental Art by Jan Fontin. Boston Museum of Fine Arts, 1969

From Persian Painting by Albert Shira. NY: Rizzoli International Publications, 1977

Related Internet Resources

Access Middle East

Brooklyn Museum of Art

Center for Middle Eastern Studies

Islamic Art

Language and Art Resources

Middle East

Middle East Resources

Middle East Studies Association

Middle Eastern Art

Textual and Visual Resources on Islamic Culture