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The rapid development of Uzbekistan’s art sector offers a case study in how countries can mine their history to forge a ...
In overseeing the expansion of the Islamic art galleries at the Metropolitan Museum, she countered hostile narratives about ...
When I asked my students why should we care about Islamic art, baffled by the question in an art history course, they answered “because they are objects of art that carry beauty.” Yet, as we ...
It's where Soviet heritage meets Islamic artistry and lively cities showcase their centuries-old traditions alongside ...
Her work reframes traditional Islamic geometry and calligraphy using techniques such as silkscreen printing, painting and gilding. lulwah ...
She argued that, “In sum, this medieval Islamic painting depicts the beginning of Islam’s holy book and the onset of Muhammad’s divinely ordained apostleship—two themes that the manuscript’s royal ...
But from the 13th-16th centuries, Islamic images were also made in Sunni contexts, as is the case with the 14th century painting that was taught in the Hamline classroom.
A former Missouri man has admitted to helping deface the Islamic Center of Springfield and to burning two copies of the Quran.
A group of Turkish dervishes swirl themselves into religious abandonment, the music pounding over the score beating in tandem with their rising intensity. So begins "Takva," the Turkish pic that ...