Khalili Collections | Islamic Art | Mir ‘Imad al-Hasani was the undisputed master of nasta‘liq, the script used in this example. He was murdered...
Handmade artwork, perfect gift for anyone that admires the traditional islamic geometric and arabesque decorations. These designs, taken from a Quran (Koran) written and illuminated in Cairo in 1304, illustrate the style of leaf scroll or arabesque, made up mainly of split palmatte leaves. The scroll work in in this design is painted in gold with blue, teal and magenta. The text in white thuluth script reads: al Fattah (the Opener, the Victory giver). This unique Islamic art is ready to get to your home! Handmade by Walada, andalusian artist from Granada. Size 9x12 in Would you like to see art processes and more about Walada's work? https://www.instagram.com/waladah.art/ More art at Walada's shop: https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/Walada Thank you!
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The Khalili Collections Islamic Art | Two traditions determine the make-up of most private collections today. One is that of the connoisseur...
Photo: István Borbás/National Library of Sweden Oriental full leather binding with a flap, ca. 1650. The book belonged to a Turk captured in Argos in 1686 by Kristoffer Ekeblad, a soldier with the Venetian forces. Islamiskt band Orientaliskt helskinnband med flik, ca 1650. Boken tillhörde en turk som Kristoffer Ekeblad, soldat i venetiansk tjänst, tagit tillfånga i Argos 1686.
Persian talisman. According to The New Inquiry, "a brass amulet to render its bearer more attractive and help her capture and subdue a lover. The lover is symbolized here as a beast of burden."
Juan Sanchez Cotàn (1560 – 1627), Cardes et carottes, Grenade, Museo de Bellas Artes Tout fait peur la nuit. Le noir fait peur, et la ...
Al-Ándalus en el siglo VIII ha sido considerado como la época del predominio musulmán sobre el elemento cristiano peninsular sin embargo no era muy estable.
Middle Eastern witchcraft is a combination of ancient Persian mythology and Islamic beliefs rolled into an interesting form of occultism that is still practiced to this day. Modern practitioners of witchcraft in the region, typically old and religious women or men, use talismans to “read” cures into common problems faced by their clients, including marriage […]
