Examining the geometric patterns that characterize so much of Islamic art can provide students with important insights into the technology, scientific knowledge, and religious beliefs of Muslims.

Islamic art is art made as part of the religion of Islam close IslamIslam is the name of the religion, and its followers are known as Muslims. and forms part of religious life. It can also mean ...

The range of possibilities is almost infinite, and the scribes of Islam labored with passion to unfold the promise of the script.[1] The calligraphic tradition, initially growing out of the demand for ...

Shaw combines a concise introduction to Islamic intellectual history with a critique of the modern, secular, and European premises of disciplinary art history. Her meticulous interpretations of ...

We spoke to William Robinson, former International Head of Islamic Art at Christie’s, about curating the event’s largest ...

A BU faculty member since 2007, Fetvaci has taught courses including Imperial Reflections; Early-Modern Islamic Art and Architecture; After Genghis Khan: Art and Architecture in Iran and Central Asia, ...

As well as taking on the issues uppermost in everyone's minds, such as the role of religious and political fundamentalism, they demonstrate the importance of commerce, literacy and learning, Islamic ...