Descrizione
This guide book is based on an idea that had occurred to us during the planning of the international exhibition From Petra to Shawbak, Archaeology of a Frontier, which was held in the Limonaia of Palazzo Pitti in 2009. We decided to add the “Florentine citations” to the show, which were references to Islamic artifacts from the city collections, in some way related to the objects being displayed. We wanted to foster the discovery of the amazing number of instruments of military, economic and everyday life that had been manufactured by Islamic cultures in the Middle Ages and Renaissance and were now preserved in the museums of Florence. Those Florentine Oriental Tours, enriched by recent studies, contributions and experiences inspired this itinerary through art and history.
Index
Institutional greetings
- Map
- I. A Florentine Story: Following the Path to the Near East
- II. ISLAM IN ITALY AND IN FLORENCE: A PREMISE
- III. MATERIALS AND SHAPES: FINDING ISLAM IN FLORENCE
Oriental fabrics represented in Florentine art
Oriental rugs
Islamic metalwork
Islamic manuscripts
Ceramics from Islamic countries and their imitations
Glass, crystal and ivory in the Islamic tradition
Islamic arms and armour - IV. COLLECTIONS AND COLLECTORS THE PASSION FOR THE ORIENT, FROM THE MEDICI TO THE 20TH CENTURY
1. The National Museum of the Bargello
2. Stefano Bardini Municipal Museum
3. The Stibbert Museum
4. Uffizi Galleries and Palazzo Pitti
5. The National Archaeological Museum of Florence – MAF - V. FLORENCE AND ARAB SCIENCE. A WORLD CULTURAL HERITAGE
6. The Galileo Museum – Institute and Museum of the History of Science - VI. A STROLL IN FLORENCE THROUGH Islamic Orient
- VII. Bibliography
