Romance and reason : Islamic transformations of the classical past /
edited by Roberta Casagrande-Kim, Samuel Thrope, Raquel Ukeles ; including contributions by Leigh Chipman, Steven Harvey, Y. Tzvi Langermann, Rachel Milstein, and Julia Rubanovich.
- New York, NY : Institute for the Study of the Ancient World at New York University, 2018
- 151 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Catalog of an exhibition held at the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World from February 14, 2018-May 13, 2018.
Romance and reason : Islamic transformations of the classical past / Samuel Thrope, Raquel Ukeles -- The Alexander romance / Julia Rubanovich -- Picturing the archetypal king: Iskandar in Islamic painting / Rachel Milstein -- Islamic medicine : refractions of the classical past / Leigh Chipman -- Mathematics, astronomy, and astrology / Y. Tzvi Langermann -- Rationalizing the divine : Greek philosophy in the Islamic world / Steven Harvey.
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Alexander,-- the Great,--356 B.C.-323 B.C.--Exhibitions. Islamic civilization--Greek influences--Exhibitions. Islamic illumination of books and manuscripts--Exhibitions.