The exhibit, running through April 13, explores the Wadsworth’s Islamic arts collection and features geometric patterns and ...

Calligraphy was once China’s highest art form—then the Communist Party tried to erase it. Now, under Xi Jinping, it’s making a comeback. At Sotheby’s in Hong Kong, a rare copy of the ...

“Beauty was the way I did that.” Ansari said calligraphy remains a common element in Islamic art, and geometric design stands as an ornate part of calligraphy. “The idea is that mathematical ...

Under a vast canopy of tents in the Saudi city of Jeddah, religious artefacts are on display alongside contemporary art pieces, part of the kingdom's bid to transform its ultraconservative image. The ...

As a result of the prohibition of such depictions in most Sunni Muslim schools of thought, geometric patterns came to be widely prevalent in Islamic art. But the biennale in Jeddah features ...

The V&A’s Max Donnelly joins Rowan Bain and Qaisra M. Khan, co-curators of this pioneering new exhibition at the William Morris Gallery, to discuss how art from the Islamic World influenced Arts & ...

Doha, Qatar: The Museum of Islamic Art (MIA) is among the nominees for the Most Significant Building of the 21st Century, by the influential architecture and design magazine Dezeen. The ...

At Ancient Origins, we believe that one of the most important fields of knowledge we can pursue as human beings is our beginnings. And while some people may seem content with the story as it stands, ...

Christians in medieval Europe admired Islamic art without fully realising it." While it is well known that Islamic textiles were present in late medieval European churches, surviving fragments are ...

It’s a superb introduction to the history and meaning of Islamic art, represented by works of exquisite craftsmanship ... it’s a dramatic blend of blacks; soft, tangled calligraphy, and silver overlay ...

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