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Article: Islamic art reveals a history unheralded in the West.
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- The Dallas Morning News (Dallas, TX)
- Article date:
- April 8, 2005
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Byline: Janet Kutner
FORT WORTH, Texas _ Mention the Middle East and what images flash by? Violence, war, deprivation.
But the Kimbell Art Museum's dazzling new exhibit reveals a brighter picture _ of times when people of different faiths and ethnic groups lived in harmony, producing untold riches in the process.
Resplendent relics from the region that includes Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey and Egypt went on view recently in "Palace and Mosque: Islamic Art From the Victoria and Albert Museum."
Commonly known as the V&A, the London museum boasts one of the finest collections of Islamic art outside Cairo or Istanbul. And 100 of its greatest ...