What
is Islamic
art?
Beauty and the problem of defining Islamic art
art and craft styles
Islamicate art
sacred art vs. religious art
prohibition of images
Beauty and the problem of defining Islamic art
art and craft styles
Islamicate art
sacred art vs. religious art
prohibition of images
Hilya of
the Prophetsecular
illustration of figures, and modern examples
design elements: vegetal, geometrical, and calligraphic
meaning in inscriptional texts of calligraphy
non-Muslim Islamicate art in Spain and India
Arabic inscription from the Alcazar in Seville (1350):
"glory to our Lord, the Sultan Don Pedro,
may God (Allah) help and protect him!
Orientalist painting and popular culture
Muslims and international modern art
Wahhabi and Taliban iconoclasm
design elements: vegetal, geometrical, and calligraphic
meaning in inscriptional texts of calligraphy
examples:
- Dome of the Rock (691, Jerusalem, texts from Qur'an on doctrine of Jesus)
- Taj Mahal (1630s, India, texts from Qur'an on Garden of Resurrection)
non-Muslim Islamicate art in Spain and India
Arabic inscription from the Alcazar in Seville (1350):
"glory to our Lord, the Sultan Don Pedro,
may God (Allah) help and protect him!
Wahhabi and Taliban iconoclasm
Jannat
al-Baqi` Cemetery, Medina,
before and after 1925 destruction
Bamiyan Buddha
before and after destruction by Taliban in 2001
before and after 1925 destruction
Bamiyan Buddha
before and after destruction by Taliban in 2001