In the Sultanate of Oman, mosques are not merely places of prayer; they are artistic masterpieces reflecting the serene spirit 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 ...

Recognizing that the art of the ancient world has many roots, SAM placed its oldest objects in galleries that open onto African as well as European narratives. It's an obvious move, but virtually no ...

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 ...

Islamic Art Museum in the Bab Al-Khalq area in the heart of Historic Cairo is considered the largest Islamic art museum in the world; where the museum houses more than 100,000 diverse artifacts of ...

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 ...

For centuries, Islamic artists have adorned mosques and palaces with beautifully intricate recurring geometric patterns. Now, the founder of Abu Dhabi-based art studio Ibbini Studio, Julia Ibbini, is ...

There's plenty of art to feast your eyes on in these four very different coffee table books. Presented in reverse chronological order, we move back in time from Art is Art — a fabulous collection of ...