Sentences with phrase «islamic calligraphy»

Islamic calligraphy — along with the keepers who preserve it — fill Camara's images.

Moroccan - born Lalla A. Essaydi combines Islamic calligraphy with representations of the female body.

Upon closer inspection, however, it becomes clear that what looks like Islamic calligraphy is in fact an invented language of signs and symbols, mixing Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, Berber, and Tuareg elements to create what Koraichi calls an «alphabet of remembrance.»

[6] One can enjoy the beauty of Chinese calligraphy or Islamic calligraphy without being able to read it.

Moroccan born photographer Lalla Essaydi incorporates layers of Islamic calligraphy applied by hand with henna, in tandem with poses directly inspired by 19th Century Orientalist painting.

Also on show are silkscreens by influential artist and writer Kamal Boullata, which depict Islamic calligraphy as colourful patterns.

It has become common to applaud Jinchi for successfully synthesizing certain Eastern and Western traditions, namely Islamic calligraphy and Abstract Expressionism.

The women in Les Femmes du Maroc are entirely enveloped in Islamic calligraphy — writing, applied in henna, which adorns their skin, their robes, and the interiors that surround them.

His precise, curving lines recall Islamic calligraphy, but without the awe of cosmic revelation.

Later, visit a local café for a class on Islamic calligraphy.

The house suited her with its rugs of burgundy and browns, cushions for what must be a seating area on the floor and more Islamic calligraphy on the walls.

Not exact matches

This gorgeous and illuminating overview of Islamic art, from monumental architecture to delicate calligraphy, encompasses the sweep of Islamic history and the intricacy and grandeur of its artistic masterpieces.

Then also I got really inspired by the Islamic arts — Arabic calligraphy, geometric pattern and design, architecture, and a lot of those details infused the book.»

Born in 1993, Athr Gallery artist Basmah Felemban is a Saudi graphic designer, whose intricate artworks — from works on paper to installations — focus on Islamic art and calligraphy.

THE ART OF THE QUR» AN: TREASURES FROM THE MUSEUM OF TURKISH AND ISLAMIC ARTS A rare chance to see, outside of Turkey, 50 lavish manuscripts filled with calligraphy and illuminated images from the Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts in IsISLAMIC ARTS A rare chance to see, outside of Turkey, 50 lavish manuscripts filled with calligraphy and illuminated images from the Museum of Turkish and Islamic Arts in IsIslamic Arts in Istanbul.

Her large - scale triptych Bullets Revisited # 3 (2012) depicts her usage of a predominantly male art form of calligraphy, and investigates the notions of the complexity of gender roles in the Islamic culture.

Inspired by historical forms from art and architecture, Al - Hadid's highly material works are charged with drips, textures, patterns, and ornaments that recall Arabic calligraphy and Islamic textile patterns.

Often taking the form of bannerlike textiles, his work makes extensive use of calligraphy, so that on the surface it appears to be entirely within the vocabulary of Islamic art.

While Ataman's World treats Islamic art explicitly, addressing directly the long history of calligraphy, Y. Z. Kami's portraits deal only indirectly with Islamic mysticism, particularly the Sufi tradition of spiritual development.

Harvard Art Museum This encompasses three centres: the Fogg Art Museum, concentrating on Western Art of the Middle Ages to the present (notably early Renaissance, British pre-Raphaelite, 19th - century Impressionist and post-Impressionist works, and an important collection of Picasso's works); the Busch - Reisinger Museum, specializing in fine art from Central and Northern Europe (notably 20th century German Expressionist painters); and the Arthur M. Sackler Museum, which focuses on ancient, Islamic and Asian art (notably archaic Chinese jades and Japanese surimono, as well as drawings, paintings and calligraphy from Iran, India, and Turkey, along with Greek and Roman sculpture).

She has been responsible for such notable acquisitions as masterworks of Japanese painting, ceramics, and lacquer; Chinese painting and calligraphy; Korean textiles and ceramics; and a collection of Islamic ceramics.

My paintings have been inspired by many things — Mozarabic manuscripts, Romanesque painting (particularly from Catalonia), Mayan art, especially those exquisite vases, Islamic art, Chinese landscape painting, Chinese calligraphy to wall paintings, De Kooning, Mondrian... I could go on.

Massoudy's new English - language book of works inspired by love poems from the Arab and Islamic world, Calligraphies of Love was released in April, 2017.

Pousette - Dart's paintings and drawings capture light and reflect tone, drawing inspiration from the landscape, and sources as diverse as American Indian, Mayan and Islamic art, Chinese landscape painting and calligraphy, and Romanesque painting, among others.

These works show how he fused a profound interest in Islamic architecture and calligraphy with the language of Western abstraction.