Islamic painting is a special exhibition organized by Dr. Ernst Grube, Curator of Islamic Art at the Metropolitan Museum in New York comprising nearly 150 significant paintings and drawings on loan from the permanent collections of the Art Institute of Chicago, the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, the City art Museum of St. Louis, the Detroit Institute of Arts, the Metropolitan NuSeuir of Art, the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, the Pierpont Horgan Library, the Princeton University Library, the University of Michigan Museum of Art, the Wiilian Hayes Fogg Art Museum and the William Rockhill Xelson Gallery of Art. The purpose of the exhibition is to provide an insight , into the distinctive character and ideology of the Islamic world and its artistic heritage. While historic in its organization, its basic concept involves the imaginative values now emerging as major issues in the changing culture of our times. To this end a synposium of visiting scolars, faculty and graduate students is being held under the joint sponsorship of the School of Art and the Department of Religion with the cooperation of the Humanities Lecture Committee and the Center for International Programs and Services of the University of the State of New York. The symposium features three distinguished scholars in the field of Islamic Art professor Ernst Grube of Columbia University and the Metropolitan Museum of Professor , Richard Ettinghausen of New York University and Yne Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, D. C. and Professor Oleg Grabar of the University of Michigan. The symposium is being held on the Syracuse University campus and includes lectures on The Nature of Islamic Art by Professor Richard Ettinghausen, An Introduction to Islamic Painting by Professor Ernst Grube, Iconography and Islamic Art by Professor Oleg Grabar. A colloquium and discussion on the Hurtanistic Role of Islamic Culture in the Twentieth Century, professors Ettinghausen, Grube and Grabar participating, concludes the the program. We are deeply grateful to the institutions listed, as well as their directors and trustees, for their generosity in making this important exhibition possible. The 0peration Of Syracuse University Department of Religion, the Humanities Committee, the Committee on the Festival of the Arts, as well as the Center for International Programs and Services of the University of the State of New York, has made this a unique cultural achievement through the remarkable combination of artistic and scholarly resources. Lawrence Schmeckebier Dean, The School of Art by Richard Ettinghausen Islamic art throughout Islamic civilization is primarily.......