"The depiction of camels on the vessel highlights the importance of the animal, which was a central means of land transportation around 1,200 years ago." ...

The tiles didn't just remain in Europe—they traveled with explorers, adorning homes and official buildings in colonies from ...

Not only were ancient sculptures multi-colored, they were also scented with perfumes, oils, and flower arrangements.

His Highness Prince Karim al-Hussaini Aga Khan IV, leader of Ismaili Muslims worldwide, died Feb. 4. Almas Muscatwalla writes ...

Graduate student Sharmeen Uqaili hosted local high school students for an artmaking workshop in conjunction with a visit to ...

Sheikh Sultan bin Ahmed bin Sultan Al Qasimi, Deputy Ruler of Sharjah, inaugurated the Masterpieces of Islamic Art from the ...

This exhibition follows the "Chapters of Islamic Art," launched earlier by ... featuring 12,000 works across fields like architecture, art, history, and literature. Provided by SyndiGate Media ...

An installation view of “Illuminated Threads: Contemporary and Traditional Rugs” is at the Birmingham Museum of Art. Courtesy the Birmingham Museum of Art It feels remarkably apt that an ...

Congress leader Shama Mohamed has claimed that Mathematics was introduced to humankind via Islam, which has sparked a fresh row, prompting the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to react. Mohamed, in a ...

Art history in Utrecht covers the whole of western art history and transcultural relations between European countries and other regions of the world. Art History in Utrecht focuses on art and ...

Pre-Islamic history was the ‘time of ignorance’ (‘jahiliyya’) and tourism, when allowed, was restricted to small groups of well-paid foreign business people and pilgrims visiting the holy cities of ...

Historians and scholars note that as compared to western art, the Islamic arts have not received the same degree of critical or theoretical analysis. Perhaps, this series of events, led by the ...