The influence of Islamic art on the designer William Morris seems ... he looked to the use of animals in Iran and Italy, incorporating the beasts into the pattern woven into rich silk.

Greeted by Islamic poetry pamphlets, attendees stepped into the Union Building’s Quadrangle room, its perimeter lined with ...

Saudi art biennale seeks to modernise Islamic tradition Under a vast canopy of tents in the Saudi city of Jeddah, religious artefacts are on display alongside contemporary art pieces, part of the ...

Saudi Arabia's Islamic arts biennale in Jeddah is showcasing a fusion of traditional Islamic art and contemporary creativity ...

designs and patterns. Non-figurative close non-figurativeContaining no people, animals or real things. art is found in a lot but not all art from the Islamic world. Plant-like decorations are also ...

The exhibition focuses on the lens of wonder, "a concept deeply rooted in the work of 13th-century scholar Zakariyya ...

Curator Ladan Akbarnia introduced the McMullen Museum of Art’s upcoming exhibit, Wonders of Creation: Art, Science, and ...

Explore the transformative Islamic Arts Biennale in Jeddah, showcasing traditional and contemporary art pieces challenging ...

religious artefacts are on display alongside contemporary art pieces, part of the kingdom's bid to transform its ultraconservative image. The second edition of the Islamic Arts Biennale ...

Home to Islam's holiest sites, the kingdom has long been dominated by Wahhabism, a strict interpretation of Islam that prohibits the representation of human and animal figures. As a result of the ...