to the monumental architecture of the Nabataeans, AlUla was already steeped in artistic tradition when a new and distinctive art form began to emerge—Islamic art. After the founding of Islam in ...

Emine Fetvaci, a prominent scholar and accomplished teacher whose research areas include the arts of the book in the Islamic world, and Ottoman, Mughal, and Safavid art and architecture, has been ...

The cultural specificity that emerges is in conversation with the idea of what a “true” or “pure” Islam is. This discussion is present through nearly all art forms, literature, painting, architecture, ...

Topics may include the relationship between Greek art and politics, Imperial Roman art, propaganda, Pompeian wall painting, early Christian art, the origins of Islam, and the function ... a history of ...

Discover the AlMusalla Prize winners: a sustainable, modular musalla design inspired by regional weaving traditions and local ...

a swath of the Iberian Peninsula was under Islamic control. The legacy of Moorish Spain can be felt in everything from ...

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 types of religious and secular architecture and their ...

The Moorish invasion of the Iberian Peninsula ... that reflect the richness and sophistication of Nasrid culture and Islamic ...

Pink bougainvillaea cascades down the walls of the striking cobalt blue villa. This boxy Moorish Art Deco building with its ...

Alphonso Harris walks past the Moorish Science Temple of America located at 2917 N. Sarah St. on Monday, Oct. 21, 2024, in ...

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 types of religious and secular architecture and their ...

and Islamic art and architecture. Karen Gonzalez Rice's approach to teaching and research is multidisciplinary, drawing on methodologies of contemporary art history, religious studies, American ...