The New Islamic Art Wing
Art of the Arab Lands, Turkey, Iran, Central Asia, and Later South Asia
Client: Metropolitan Museum of Art
October 2011
Created in close collaboration with the Met's department of Islamic Art, this series of maps is part of the newly reimagined permanent exhibition of art from the Islamic world. Each map is tailored to design of the gallery in which it appears.
World map installed at the entrance of the exhibition
Gallery 2: Arts of the early caliphates
Gallery 4: Eastern Islamic lands
Gallery 5: Egypt and Syria
Gallery 6: Iran and Central Asia
Gallery 8: Spain, North Africa and the western Mediterranean
Gallery 11: Arts of the Ottoman Court
Gallery 13: Safavid and later Iran
Gallery 14: Arts of South Asia and the Mughals
Gallery 15: Later South Asia
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