Pseudo-Kufi: Reflection of the Islamic Art in the Byzantine Art

“Contesting the Conceptual Categories ‘Islamic Civilization, Art or Masterpiece: A Reflection on the Problem”

Together with a few recent publications a number of the online Journal of Art Historiography (June 6, 2012) dedicated to “Islamic Art Historiography” offers a glimpse at the debates that since roughly a decade stir up Islamic art studies as they are practiced in the West. These debates concern the conceptual framework used to both investigate and show in public i...

Digital Islamic Art: The use of digital technologies in contemporary Islamic art in the UK

In this paper, I provide a brief introduction to my artistic practice combining the use of digital technologies with traditional methods for producing Islamic art. Looking at further examples of Islamic artworks by artists in the UK I describe how in some cases, the artworks are digital in themselves, using digital technologies as a medium and in other cases, the digital plays a part in the cre...

the influence of sasanid simurgh on the islamic, byzantine and western art

in this article, i tried to study the influence of sasanid simurgh on the islamic and western art. the immigration of this mystic (simurgh) started from the sasanid period and continued after the fall of sasanid by the arabic invasion. this deportation happened through the cultural and commercial exchanges, and the imperial presents sent to the other empires by sasanid kings. sasanid simurgh is...

The Significance of Traditional Islamic Art for the Life of Muslim Societies in the Modern World

The Role of the German Researchers in the Formation of Islamic Art Studies

In the beginning of the nineteenth century, with the increasing interest of the Europeans in the culture of the East, the first articles on the Islamic art and culture were appeared in German-speaking countries. In the mid nineteenth century, some entries in German encyclopedias were devoted to Islamic art, and from the end of the century, the first monographs on Islamic architecture and orname...

Symmetry and Islamic Art

Islamic art is unique because its form and function permeate both distance and time. Since the birth of Islam, Muslim artists around the world have created pieces of art that share an uncanny resemblance to pieces created by other Muslim artists through common themes, appearances, and applications. These similarities include calligraphic elements, exaggerated depictions of plants and animals, a...