Category: Art in Islam
The Stunning Miniature Paintings of Abdullah Bukhari, an 18th-Century Ottoman Artist
Abdullah Bukhari was an 18th-century Ottoman artist known for his intricate miniature paintings. Bukhari's work was part of an exhibition...
Continue ReadingCotton in the Art of Islam
A long, soft fiber covering the seeds of the cotton plant. Temperate to hot climates are suitable for its cultivation....
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These sheets used for calligraphy exercises show several words written diagonally, with the letter combinations facing upwards and downwards. In...
Continue Reading“Munajat” by Abdallah Ansari
This calligraphic fragment includes a passage from the Munajat (Prayers) of the Persian mystic and scholar Ḥājī 'Abdallāh Ansārī (died...
Continue ReadingIvory panel with Qur’anic inscription
Ardabil, Iran (discovery site), 1500-1525. The panel has the 12th and 13th ayats of surah al-Insan carved in the Suluth...
Continue ReadingMausoleum of Poets or Maqbarat-o-Shoara in Persian
Mausoleum of Poets or Maqbarat-o-Shoara in Persian actually is a very old graveyard. But this is no ordinary graveyard. You...
Continue ReadingTimche of the Kashan Bazaar 18th century Kashan, Iran
Timche of the Kashan Bazaar 18th century Kashan, Iran
Continue ReadingSamarkand in color at the beginning of the 20th century
At the beginning of the 20th century, the Russian photographer Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii used a special color photographic process designed...
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