Rylands125 celebrates a key milestone in the library’s history with the development of new exhibition spaces, opening 15 May ...
Curator Ladan Akbarnia introduced the McMullen Museum of Art’s upcoming exhibit, Wonders of Creation: Art, Science, and Innovation in the Islamic World in a virtual lecture hosted by the McMullen on ...
Scientists say that the two lost, but extremely important books by Apollonius, the Greek mathematician known to the ancient ...
Tents, especially Islamic tents were among the most prized gifts in diplomatic exchanges and the most sought-after spoils on ...
A 700-year-old fresco discovered in the convent church of S. Antonio in Polesine in Ferrara, Italy, reveals that luxurious ...
A 13th-century fresco rediscovered in Ferrara, Italy, provides unique evidence of medieval churches using Islamic tents to conceal their high altars ...
Historian Diana Darke argues in “Islamesque” that Europe’s monuments owe a vast debt to Muslim craftsmen and designers.
Eleven works from the Vatican Apostolic Library are featured in the second Islamic Arts Biennale, held from January 25 to May ...
Christians in medieval Europe admired Islamic art without fully realizing it ... including in the 13th-century manuscript, the Cantigas de Santa Maria. They also match one of the few potential ...