An emerald inscribed for a Mughal emperor. A Safavid-period knotted wool carpet. An Ottoman-era curtain, intricately embroidered with metal threads, which was part of the covering of the Kaaba, the ...
When Museum of Fine Arts, Houston hosted the Iranian Film Festival in 2006, patron Sima Ladjevardian posed a question to MFAH's then-director Peter Marzio: "What kind of Iranian art do you have?'" she ...
Translation of: Arte islamica : architettura, pittura, calligrafia, ceramica, vetri, tappeti. Milano : Mondadori arte, 2009. Basic Principles -- The interpretation of Islamic art -- The forms of ...
This April, Christie’s London will present the live auction Art of the Islamic and Indian Words including Rugs and Carpets. Leading the sale is an extensively illustrated and illuminated copy of the ...
Although Islam remains unfamiliar to many Koreans, Islamic culture has a growing presence in Korean society -- of the country's roughly 2 million foreign residents, an estimated 300,000 are Muslims.
NEW YORK -- New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art has unveiled its new wing of Islamic works in a major effort to increase Americans' understanding of Islamic culture. The new wing, which opened on ...
We’re all familiar with Aladdin’s magic carpet, but have you ever wondered from which corner of the Islamic world it might hail? The Hong Kong Palace Museum’s latest exhibition might provide some ...
The Louvre drew a fusillade of criticism nearly 25 years ago when it unveiled a glass pyramid designed by I.M. Pei. This year, France's most famous museum is preparing for the opening of a new glass, ...
What does a tantalizingly beautiful exhibit at The Rooms in St. John’s have to do with an ancient Sufi shrine in Iran and an ...
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