Byzantium and Islam: Age of Transition, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC

CALIFORNIA LITERARY REVIEW
By Ed Voves

Attarouthi, Syria, late 6th–early 7th century

NEW YORK - Byzantium and Islam, at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, addresses two of history’s most amazing developments. This landmark exhibition, organized by Helen C. Evans, the Metropolitan curator responsible for two previous presentations of Byzantine art, brilliantly surveys historical themes of vital interest to the contemporary world. [link]