Afif Bahnassi (17 April 1928 – 2 November 2017) was a Syrian Islamic art historian and museum curator, General Director of Antiquities and Museums in Damascus, Syria. He has authored books such as ''The Ancient Syria and His Art'' (1987) and ''The Art of Islam'', with

Nurhan Atasoy Nurhan Atasoy (born February 12, 1934) is a Turkish art historian. She specializes in history of Ottoman and Islamic art. She served as a Chair in the Department of Fine Arts, Archeology and Art History at Istanbul University until 1999 when she ...

, published by

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in 1992. He was on the governing board of the Research Centre for Islamic History, Art and Culture (IRCICA) based in Istanbul.

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1928 births 2017 deaths 20th-century Syrian historians Historians of Islamic art Syrian art historians 21st-century Syrian historians {{art-historian-stub