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“God is beautiful and loves beauty.”

[A hadith of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon Him)]

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Art

Hat - CalligraphyEbru – Marbling on paper

Tezhip – Illumination


Hat (Calligraphy)

• Art of Arabic writing

• Special ink and paper (aged 1 year)


Styles

The Kufic Styles The Cursive Styles


Hilye-i Saadet (Arabic)

The description of the Prophet Muhammad


Muhammad(Arabic)

Peace and Blessings Upon

Him


Bu Da Gecer Ya Hu (Ottoman)“This too shall pass.”


“There is no harming or returning harm for harm [in Islam].”


Figures with Calligraphy


Calligraphy in Latin Alphabet


Marble stone from Egypt in Calligraphic style.


Calligraphy on Ebru

(marbling)


• by whom, when or how EBRU was discovered is unknown.

• originated in the city of Bukhara in Turkistan and spread via the Silk Road to Persia, India and Anatolia.

• In EBRU, pigments are floated on a bath of thickened water. When a piece of paper is laid on the bath and then removed, it takes the pigments with it.

• An infinite number of patterns are possible — no two quite alike.

Ebru (Marbling)


Floral Marblings


Floral Marblings


Figurative Marblings


Landscape with Ebru


• Tezhip is literally fine ornamentation with gold.

• We shall deal here mainly with illumination and ornamentation on paper.

Tezhip (Illumination)




Tezhib with EBRU



Architecture

Material Design


Islamic-style celestial sphere

Brass with silver


Horizontal Sundial

Brass

Collection of the Qatar National

Museum


Early 17th century, Persian

Safavid Dynasty; apple wood, painted, lacquered, and gilded


Mina'i Bowls

Ceramic

Late 12th-early 13th centuryPersian, Seljuk Dynasty


Figure of a Court Official

Early 13th century, Persian, Seljuk Dynasty

Stucco, polychrome, and gilded

Openwork Lamp

Bronze

12th century Persian, Seljuk

Dynasty


Double-Walled Ewer in the Form of a Rooster

Late 12th-early 13th centuryPersian, Seljuk Dynasty; Ceramic

Glass Bottle1300, Syrian, Mamluk

Dynasty


Oriental Rugs


Persian


Persian


Turkish


Turkish


Architecture

Mosques


Kaba, Mecca, Saudi Arabia


Kaba, Mecca, Saudi Arabia


Prophet's Mosque, which contains the tombs of Muhammad, his daughter Fatima, and the caliphs Umar and Abu Bakr.Medina, Saudi Arabia



Blue Mosque, Istanbul, TURKEY


Blue Mosque, Istanbul, TURKEY





Dome of Rock in Jerusalem


Taj Mahal, India


Rumi’s tomb & decorative surroudings


Saifuddien Mosque, Brunei


Mosques from Iran


Architecture

Others


Topkapi Palace, Istanbul, TURKEY


Topkapi Palace, Istanbul, TURKEY


The Alhambra Palace (Granada, Spain)


Music


• Qur'anic Recitation is the most central form of music in the Muslim world.

• Adhan (call to prayer) heard at prayer times, it is the second major genre of Islamic music.

• Instrumental (Ney)

• Cat Stevens (aka Yusuf Islam)

Documents

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