What is “Islamic art”? This question has remained open since the term was coined by Western art historians in the 19th century. The debate is alive and well today among scholars who are ...

Christians in medieval Europe admired Islamic art without fully realising it." While it is well known that Islamic textiles were present in late medieval European churches, surviving fragments are ...

redefines Islamic art to put Saudi Arabia on global art map Inside the Islamic Arts Biennale: A Rare Look at the Kaaba’s Drapes.(Image by X/WACommunity) Known as the Kiswah, it is made of black ...

Next up in our 21st-Century Architecture: 25 Years 25 Buildings series is the Museum of Islamic Art in Doha, Qatar, by IM Pei, the first "mega-museum in the Gulf". This austere stack of limestone ...

Doha, Qatar: The Museum of Islamic Art (MIA) is among the nominees for the Most Significant Building of the 21st Century, by the influential architecture and design magazine Dezeen. The ...

At Ancient Origins, we believe that one of the most important fields of knowledge we can pursue as human beings is our beginnings. And while some people may seem content with the story as it stands, ...

Rakesh Ramchurn reports on an exhibition exploring how Islamic art influenced the work of the pioneering British designer ...

Today Islamic date in Saudi Arabia or KSA is calculated as per the lunar-based calendar which consists of 12 Lunar months in a year of 354 or 355 days. A Muslim must know about the exact Islamic date ...

Islamic Date Today – India has the third biggest Muslim population as around 200 million Muslims are living in the country. The exact Islamic date in India matters for the Muslim community. The ...

“Interwoven” debuted at the Westmoreland Museum of American Art in Pennsylvania before coming to Wichita, where it will ...

Industries in silk, glass and tiles were developed and Baghdad was ... world and became fashionable across Europe. These early Islamic art forms remain popular today across the Islamic world ...

If a building is frozen music then Spain is a world of symphonies From the towering mountains to the blue coast the ...