Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A painting showing the Prophet Muhammad raising his hands in prayer while standing on the Mountain of Light in Mecca. Siyer-i Nebi ...

Located in the southern sliver of Islamic Cairo, the Museum of Islamic Art boasts a stunning collection of art from every era of Islamic history in Egypt. Here, you'll find examples of everything from ...

Ahead of the FIFA World Cup set to take place in Qatar in November 2022, the museum has been given a makeover. Ahead of the FIFA World Cup set to take place in Qatar this November, the Museum of ...

What is culture? In today’s globalized world, we are familiar with seeing various cultural objects and ornamentation outside of their original location or context. If culture is not fixed and bound to ...

Introduction. Architecture and poetics ; The aims of this book -- Architecture and meaning in the theory of al-Jāḥiẓ. Architecture and meaning : al-Jāḥiẓ's view ; Aesthetic, variety and emotion ; ...

But my aim is not to invoke a revisionist history as catharsis, nor to offer the consoling illusion that history writing can resist genocide or erasure-though in moments of despair, such a belief is ...

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 ...

The art history instructor was diligent, empathetic and sensitive. She gave plenty of warning, including in her class syllabus, letting her students know ahead of time that she planned to show them ...

The painting that appears to be at the center of the controversy (from Rashid al-Din Ṭabib, Jami' al-Tawarikh, in the University of Edinburgh Library) Michigan art history Prof. Christiane Gruber ...