Norma Jean Calderwood University Professor of Islamic and Asian Art Professor Bloom teaches courses on the history of Islamic art and architecture. He also offers undergraduate seminars on such ...

A survey of art in the Islamic world from 600 through 1200. The course examines the formation of Islamic art and its roots in the art of late antiquity. Emphasis will be on the development of various ...

Islamic art, especially the arts of Iran and Central Asia, the art and architecture produced under the Mongols, calligraphy and books. Professor Blair teaches about all aspects of Islamic art from the ...

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 ...

This is understood as a prohibition of using animal and human forms in texts, textiles and architecture. Islamic calligraphy and illustrated manuscripts ... was later used to embellish both religious ...

“Islamic art no longer discusses works of art and architecture as tangible creations, but rather looks at them in the context of work, crafts and daily practices.” The exhibition accompanying ...

When the I. M. Pei–designed Museum of Islamic Art first opened in 2008, just months before Pei’s 92nd birthday, it was the first major project in Qatar to set architecture-loving hearts aflutter.