“Arts of Allusion” Wins ICMA Annual Book Prize

Arts of Allusion: Object, Ornament, and Architecture in Medieval Islam (Oxford University Press, 2018) by Margaret Graves, Member (2015–16) in the School of Historical Studies, has been awarded the 2019 ICMA Annual Book Prize.

Conferred by the International Center of Medieval Art, the prize recognizes the year's best single- or dual-authored book on any topic in medieval art.

Arts of Allusion, which Graves worked on during her IAS Membership, offers an investigation of the striking engagement between portable arts and architecture in the medieval Islamic world.

Read more at the International Center of Medieval Art.