Eric Schroeder: maverick polymath.

The article recounts the life and work of polymath and art historian Eric Schroeder. It highlights the contributions of Schroeder to the study of medieval Persian architecture and book painting in the 1930s and 1940s including his University Prints project which attempted to bring the core achievements of Islamic Art and architecture to college students, his publications about Islamic art, Islamic religion, culture and history, and research on Islamic and Persian paintings and architecture.