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Islamic Art
Arthur Millner (Independent Scholar): Damascus tiles: some enduring questions
Royal Asiatic Society 14 Stephenson Way, London, United KingdomAfter reading Classics at Cambridge, and an MA in South Asian Area Studies at SOAS, Arthur Millner worked at Sotheby’s for ten years, then had a shop selling Indian and Islamic Art in Kensington. He now works as a freelance consultant in the field, as well as serving on the vetting committees of several London…
Professor Anna Contadini (SOAS) – The Pisa Griffin and the Mari-Cha Lion: Metalwork, Art, and Technology in the Medieval Islamicate Mediterranean
Anna Contadini is Professor of the History of Islamic Art and Head of the School of Arts at SOAS, University of London. She is also the Director of the “Griffin and Lion Project”. Her areas of interest are Arabic and Persian illustrated manuscripts, material culture of the Islamic world, and the artistic and cultural connections…