Qatar Museums (QM) is showcasing eight artifacts from its Museum of Islamic Art (MIA) collection at the Islamic Arts Biennale ...

Impeccable craftsmanship and numerical attention to detail have long been hallmarks of historical Islamic art, from the ...

Fresco painting has a long and rich history in Africa, stretching back to ancient Egypt around 2000 BCE. These weren't just ...

The Museum of Islamic Art (MIA) was borne of a somewhat more ... while on the floors decorative tiling also adopts geometric patterns informed by traditional Islamic architecture.

but also the glazed tilework of Islamic mosques, which stresses calligraphic, geometric, and other nonrepresentational artistic motifs. Though much of the art of the Silk Road was created to encourage ...

As part of its ongoing efforts to provide exceptional client-centric banking experiences, Bahrain Islamic Bank (BisB), the ...

A century on from a seminal Paris exhibition, being marked by a series of shows, designers continue to reference the style ...

Narrator: In 762, the city of Baghdad was established by Al-Mansur. The centre was a perfect circle. The round city. By 814, Baghdad was the world's largest city with over one million inhabitants.

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