In Pursuit of Excellence: Works of Art from the Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts

26 x 36.5 cms, 260 pages. Hardbound in Setalux cloth and presented in a slipcase.

This limited edition will appeal not only to collectors interested in Turkish and Islamic art but also to artists and designers looking for sources of inspiration in non-Western art.

The museum's world-famous collections of Seljuk, Ottoman, and early Islamic art-Qurans, manuscripts, wood and stone carvings, metalwork, ceramics, and carpets-are presented as large-format images.The accompanying essays are by Prof Oleg Grabar, a respected authority on Islamic art; Dr Nazan Olcer, director of the museum; and other museum curators.