Retired surgeon, now in New York, still a prolific painter
Nearly a decade into retirement, Dr. Abdul Wahhab’s presence is still felt in much of Schuylkill County in the form of his tranquil still lifes. Although he no longer lives in the county, Wahhab has ...
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Muslim Student Association represents Islamic culture through campus art festival
Greeted by Islamic poetry pamphlets, attendees stepped into the Union Building’s Quadrangle room, its perimeter lined with ...
The artists twisting Persian masterpieces with stunning color
Two contrasting works boldly set the stage for the Middle East Institute Art Gallery’s “Maximal Miniatures ... and Miracles” offers a more monumental approach. Her triptych oil painting — the largest ...
New Museum of Islamic Art exhibit shines spotlight on Iraq
The show found a temporary home at the museum largely thanks to the inspiration and practical endeavor of Oded Halahmy, an 86-year-old Iraqi-born Israeli-American artist.
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Museum of Islamic Art nominated for Most Significant Building of the 21st Century
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 ...
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700-year-old Italian fresco reveals medieval church's use of Islamic tents
"Christians in medieval Europe admired Islamic art without fully realising it." This fresco provides crucial evidence of the influence of Islamic art on medieval European Christianity and ...
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Islamic art
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, ...
The Jerusalem Post Blogs24d
The art of fake news: A look at new exhibits at Jerusalem Artists House
The current lot stretches eclecticism to the max with its mix of uniquely treated oil paintings ... state-of-the-art technology, and reality as we know it, or at least perceive it to be.
The New York Times24d
10-Minute Challenge: Bruegel’s ‘Hunters in the Snow’
How does it travel through the painting? What do you think this painting is about? Thanks for spending time with the art! (Did you feel the cold?) If you want to look a little longer, just scroll ...
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Rubens is a titan of Western art. The task of restoring his paintings is equally gigantic
the studio had to be taken to the painting. In the largest room of Antwerp’s Royal Fine Arts Museum, the restorers have the eyes of visitors on their backs. (AP video: Mark Carlson, Raf Casert) Art ...
The Art Newspaper26d
An entwining of the past and present: how history and modernity inform Islamic art in the 21st century
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 ...
Science Daily26d
'Altar tent' discovery puts Islamic art at the heart of medieval Christianity
Christians in medieval Europe admired Islamic art without fully realising it ... on some church walls in Italy as well as in Italian paintings of the late medieval period. But images of Islamic ...