Byzantine and Islamic Artistic Exchanges: Ornament, Technique, and Trade (7th–15th centuries)

1. Umayyad patrons adopt Byzantine-style monumental decoration

   Jan 1, 692Labels: Umayyad patrons, Dome of, Byzantine techniques

   • French MoC
   • COJS
   • Dome Rock

2. Umayyad Mosque mosaics continue late antique traditions

   Jan 1, 715Labels: Great Mosque, Umayyads, Byzantine mosaics

   • Umayyad Mosque
   • A AePortal
   • French MoC

3. Yazid II’s image-edict becomes a reference point

   Jan 1, 721Labels: Yazid II, Image edict, Umayyad policy

   • SOAS King

4. Byzantine Iconoclasm reshapes Christian imagery

   Jan 1, 726Labels: Byzantine Iconoclasm, Byzantine Empire, Icon veneration

   • Britannica
   • SOAS King

5. Abbasid lustre ceramics spread new surface effects

   Jan 1, 850Labels: Abbasid lustreware, Abbasid Iraq, Ceramic technique

   • Ashmolean
   • JAS

6. Byzantine mosaic expertise is requested for Córdoba

   Nov 1, 965Labels: C rdoba, Umayyad al-Andalus, Byzantine mosaicists

   • C rdoba

7. Fatimid tiraz-style textiles signal elite exchange networks

   Jan 1, 1000Labels: Fatimid tiraz, Tiraz textiles, Elite exchange

   • SLAM

8. Fatimid rock-crystal luxury objects enter European treasuries

   Jan 1, 1000Labels: Fatimid rock-crystal, Egyptian luxury, European treasuries

   • Oxford KRC
   • Al Aziz

9. Sack of Constantinople disperses Byzantine artworks

   Apr 12, 1204Labels: Fourth Crusade, Sack of, Byzantine artworks

   • Britannica
   • WHE

10. Mamluk gilded-and-enameled glass reaches technical peak

    Jan 1, 1300Labels: Mamluk glass, Gilded enamel, Syria-Egypt workshops

    • JAS
    • npj Heritage

11. Venice intensifies trade with Mamluk markets

    Jan 1, 1450Labels: Venetian trade, Mamluk markets, Venice

    • Met TOAH

12. Fall of Constantinople ends Byzantine state, shifts exchanges

    May 29, 1453Labels: Fall of, Ottoman conquest, Byzantine legacy

    • Britannica