Package A - Recent Exhibitions

Recent shows at ISAW, catalogues from 2018-2020

• A Wonder to Behold: Craftsmanship and the Creation of Babylon's Ishtar Gate
  A Wonder to Behold the transformative power of materials and craftsmanship of ancient art in relation to the Ishtar Gate. "The volume is a laudable example of what an exhibition publication should be." - Classical Review
• Romance and Reason: Islamic Transformations of the Classical Past
  Romance and Reason, focuses on the portrayal of Alexander the Great as ideal ruler, mystic, lover, and philosopher in Persian poetry and art, and how Islamic medicine, philosophy, and science contended with and developed the classical tradition.
• Hymn to Apollo: The Ancient World and the Ballets Russes
  Hymn to Apollo explores the role of dance in ancient art and culture and how artists of the Ballets Russes returned to the past as a source for modern expression. Archival Ballets Russes material shows how artists turned to the ancient world to create something new.