TY - BOOK AU - Hess,Catherine AU - Komaroff,Linda AU - Saliba,George TI - The arts of fire: Islamic influences on glass and ceramics of the Italian Renaissance SN - 0892367571 AV - NK5152.A1 A75 2004 U1 - 738.0945 AR 2004 /0904 22 PY - 2004/// CY - Los Angeles PB - J. Paul Getty Museum KW - Glassware KW - Italy KW - Islamic influences KW - Glassware, Renaissance KW - Pottery, Italian KW - Pottery, Renaissance KW - Islamic art KW - Influence N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Brilliant achievements: the journey of Islamic glass and ceramics to Renaissance Italy / Catherine Hess -- Color, precious metal, and fire: Islamic ceramics and glass / Linda Komaroff -- The world of Islam and Renaissance science and technology / George Saliba N2 - "Published to coincide with an exhibition at the J. Paul Getty Museum, The Arts of Fire demonstrates how many of the techniques of glass and ceramic production and ornamentation were first developed in the Islamic East between the eighth and twelfth centuries. Essays by volume editor Catherine Hess and by Linda Komaroff and George Saliba demonstrate early modern Europe's debt to the Islamic world and help us better understand the interrelationships of cultures over time."--Jacket ER -