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.

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