Calligraphy is associated with geometric Islamic art on the walls and ceilings of mosques as well as on the Holy Book pages. That’s why calligraphy for Muslims is a visible expression of the ...

Sara Rehman, the first-ever executive director of Houston's Islamic Arts Society, and calligraphy artist Sana Mirza discuss ...

It features Quran copies, manuscripts, calligraphy ... Among the rare art objects is an intact Sasanian or early Islamic facet-cut vase from the 7th century, central Asia. The facets were ...

Alongside a folding album of calligraphy ... Islamic World” encapsulates this recently revamped floor of the Walters Art Museum: A Chinese porcelain vessel dating to about 1720, most likely a ...

From a distance, it is only possible to appreciate the luster of vases ... “mirrored calligraphy,” which often bears talismanic qualities. It derives from a long genealogy in Islamic art ...

By the 1980s, their art had a name — the hurufiyya or letter movement. Solo and group exhibitions of this contemporary Islamic calligraphy and its secular cousin have been staged in Egypt ...

The art of calligraphy is one of the reputable and famous art in the Islamic region including Iran. Most of the handwritten books of Iran, such as the Holy Qoran and poems, have been recognized as ...

Nahdlatul Ulama cleric Mustofa “Gus Mus” Bisri, along with several prominent artists, unveiled their paintings of Islamic calligraphy at an art exhibition in Surakarta, Central Java.

Prominent calligraphers from 10 different Islamic countries will participate in this exhibition titled Alqalam, while the art pieces of the calligraphers from 40 countries will be displayed in the ...