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Article: Muqarnas: An Annual on Islamic Art and Architecture, vol. 9.
- Article from:
- The Journal of the American Oriental Society
- Article date:
- April 1, 1997
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The last volume of Muqarnas to be edited by its founder, this issue reflects the broad range of his interests. It covers a gamut of topics by art-, architectural-, and social historians, scientists, archaeologists, and curators - a fair sampling of the professions to which such a journal and its articles might and should be of interest. As one would expect, the articles vary in quality and represent a broad range of different approaches to the study of the visual arts of the Islamic lands, but they confirm that scholars in all fields of Islamic studies should follow what is published in this important annual.
If the emergence of great differences of opinion signals ...