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Islamic Decorative Arts: Metalwork, Rock Crystals and Mosaics
Combining geometry, calligraphy, vegetal motifs, and precious materials, Islamic artisans created objects of both beauty and meaning, reflecting the spiritual, scientific, and aesthetic values that shaped Islamic civilization across centuries.
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Exploring Islamic Art in North Africa and Spain
This journey reveals how patterns, light, and architectural harmony shaped sacred spaces and everyday life, leaving a lasting legacy that continues to inspire art and culture.
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Where tradition and creativity converge in harmony of Islamic Art
Islamic art encompasses a wide range of decorative arts, including pottery, metalwork, textiles, and carpet weaving, showcasing the skill and creativity of Muslim artisans.
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The Language of Gesture: Exploring Symbolism in Islamic Sculptures
Spreading from the Arabian Peninsula, the proselyte believers conquered, in a few centuries, a territory spreading from the Atlantic to the Indian Ocean.
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Art of Islam – Splendours of Islam
Lively and coloured, Islamic art mirrors the richness of these people whose common denominator was the belief in one singular truth: the absolute necessity of creating works whose beauty equaled their respect for God.
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Islamic art is not the art of a nation or of a people, but that of a religion…
Multicultural and multi-ethnical, this polymorphic and highly spiritual art, in which all representation of Man and God were prohibited, developed canons and various motives of great decorative value.
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Christmas presents come and go, a good book lasts a lifetime
Christmas is the best time for family reunions, for giving gifts, and for showing attachment and love for our loved ones. Offering an art book that recalls the history of Christianity and reading it on a cold snowy night is the ideal gift and the height of pleasure.
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…With one, we cannot have the other
Art of the Middle East is facing the same fate as the museums, works of art, and buildings that stood before World War II and, more recently, the Arab Spring. The Pearl Monument, formerly of Bahrain, was torn down by the Bahraini government last year because it was a point of interest for protestors. The Taliban has destroyed Buddhist art in Afghanistan, most specifically the Buddhas of Bamiyan in 2001. Already, works from Pakistan have been delayed in joining their counterparts in exhibitions, while important Egyptian pieces were left behind altogether amidst its revolution. When will it end? When will the selfish pursuits of some stop affecting cultural preservation and…
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