The term ‘Islamic art’ generally refers to the arts of all Islamic cultures and not…
Category: Islamic Art
While the music is the most recognizable part of a qawwali, the music only exists to emphasize and intensify the words. The text is what Sufis rely on to open their minds and bring them to an ecstatic state.
‘has long been cited as an important example of Fatimid inspiration’
Shakil Akram Khan’s Islamic Geometric Works at the Aga Khan Museum
The exhibition, developed and produced originally in Qatar by the Museum of Islamic Art, focuses on the real and mythical animals that appear in the legends, tales, and fables of the Islamic world.
This May, meet the Marvelous Creatures that roam the pages of countless legends, tales, and fables!
Discussion on provenance behind the seven known Fatimid rock crystal ewers from Egypt.
Royal patrons created historically important pleasure gardens in many parts of the Islamic world.
Jason from Evanston, Illinois, blogs about his visit to Aga Khan Museum’s Park, in Toronto.…
The mission of Toronto’s newest architectural and cultural treasure, the Aga Khan Museum, is to…
By Philip Kennicott – Excerpt: The Walters’s exceptional collection of Islamic art is supplemented with…
Oct 22, 4 – 6 pm – Room 728, 140 St. George Street (Claude Bissell…
“….the art and culture of the Fatimids is the expression of a remarkably tolerant multireligious…
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