Sunday, September 25, 2011

NYT: Placing Islamic Art on a New Pedestal

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/25/arts/design/islamic-art-treasures-at-the-metropolitan-museum.html

To quote you the introduction of this article:

IN one of Washington Irving’s tales from “The Alhambra,” the short-story collection that rooted the great 14th-century Moorish landmark in the American imagination, a poor Spaniard and his daughter discover a hidden chamber deep within the abandoned palace’s crumbling walls and spirit away the treasure inside....

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