“Divine Geometry: Islamic Art at the Wadsworth Atheneum” would seem to suggest ... The extensive piece, “In Your Light: The Essence of Persian Calligraphy” was painted directly on the walls by ...
the frilled flowers hark back to Persian textiles; and the refusal of difference between art and design reverberates with a similar blurred distinction in the Islamic world. Though Morris never ...
Islamic art, especially the arts of Iran and Central Asia, the art and architecture produced under the Mongols, calligraphy and books. Professor Blair teaches about all aspects of Islamic art from the ...
The lot in question is a folio from The Shahnameh of Shah Tahmasp, an illuminated manuscript of a 10th century Persian poem.