Category Archives: Islamic art

Department of Islamic Arts, Louvre Museum, Paris, France

The Islamic arts department of the Louvre, formed in August 2003, brings together collections covering the entire Islamic world (geographical area between Spain and India ) from the Hegira to the 19th century. The Islamic art collection, the museum’s newest, spans “thirteen centuries and three continents”. These exhibits, of ceramics,…

Department of Islamic Arts, Louvre Museum, Paris, France

Islamic art gallery, Oriental Art Museum in Turin

The fourth floor with the strictly green room dedicated to Islamic art. The environment, characterized by the trussed ceiling of the historic building, appears as a large corridor flanked by the exhibition furniture which houses Ottoman velvets, ceramics, bronzes as well as rare Persian manuscripts and calligraphic copies of the…

Islamic art gallery, Oriental Art Museum in Turin

Near East, Mediterranean and Islamic ceramics Collection, International Museum of Ceramics in Faenza

For the “ancient near east” or “fertile crescent” the section, with an exemplary choice of considerable historical value, documents the transition from the Neolithic period to the Iron Age in what between the Tigris and the Euphrates was one of the cradles of the “path of man towards civilization”. in…

Near East, Mediterranean and Islamic ceramics Collection, International Museum of Ceramics in Faenza

1980-Today: Exhibitions in the United Arab Emirates, UAE Pavilion, Venice Biennale 2015

The National Pavilion United Arab Emirates’ exhibition, 1980 – Today: Exhibitions in the United Arab Emirates, in the 56th International Art Exhibition, received over 500,000 visitors. 1980 – Today: Exhibitions in the United Arab Emirates was a retrospective on contemporary art exhibitions in the Emirates over the last 40 years.…

1980-Today: Exhibitions in the United Arab Emirates, UAE Pavilion, Venice Biennale 2015

Origins of Civilization, Syrian Pavilion, Venice Biennale 2015

The Syrian Arab Republic Pavilion takes part to the 56th International Art Exhibition, la Biennale di Venezia with the exhibition Origins of Civilization curated by Duccio Trombadori. Taking on this theme, the Syrian Arab Republic Pavilion, now presenting its fifth exhibition, confirms the premises that have characterized it from the…

Origins of Civilization, Syrian Pavilion, Venice Biennale 2015

Palace of Pedro I, Royal Alcazar of Seville

The palace of Pedro I, also called the palace of King Don Pedro and the Mudéjar palace, is part of the monumental complex of the Royal Alcázar of Seville. It was built next to the Gothic palace of Alfonso Xat the initiative of King Pedro I, between 1356 and 1366,…

Palace of Pedro I, Royal Alcazar of Seville

The collector and his collection, Lázaro Galdiano Museum

The collector and the collection on the Ground Floor. Part of the collections that Don José Lázaro Galdiano donated to the State is exhibited in the museum. The ground floor of the museum was original use as warehouse, having been reformed to receive today part of the exhibition. The rooms…

The collector and his collection, Lázaro Galdiano Museum

Discover Asia in the Eyes of Jade, Southern Branch of the Taiwan National Palace Museum

Most of the Asian Jade artifacts of the National Palace Museum are from the Qing Court’s collection. Those exquisite jade artifacts not only shone with dazzling brilliance, more importantly, they spiced up the court culture with exotic cultures and diversified traditional carving techniques of jade objects. After conquering the Dzungarian…

Discover Asia in the Eyes of Jade, Southern Branch of the Taiwan National Palace Museum

Mughal Suite, Shangri La Museum of Islamic Art, Culture & Design

The Mughal Suite is located at the end of a private hall extending from the central courtyard and includes a bedroom, large dressing area, bathroom, seating area composed of marble screens on the rooftop above (the Jali Pavilion), and private garden. Appropriately, it is located next to the Mughal Garden,…

Mughal Suite, Shangri La Museum of Islamic Art, Culture & Design

Dining Room, Shangri La Museum of Islamic Art, Culture & Design

The dining room is Doris Duke’s (1912–93) interpretation of an Islamic-style tent. At certain times and in certain places, tents were a key component of Islamic palatial architecture, particularly when rulers and their administrators lived itinerant lifestyles based on seasonal migration and/or warfare. For example, the Mongols who conquered Iran…

Dining Room, Shangri La Museum of Islamic Art, Culture & Design

Living Room, Shangri La Museum of Islamic Art, Culture & Design

The living room preserves a number of important works of art from North Africa and Spain, the latter of which was known as al-Andalus in Arabic and ruled by independent Islamic dynasties for over seven centuries (756-1492) from southern cities such as Cordoba and Granada. The room is dominated by…

Living Room, Shangri La Museum of Islamic Art, Culture & Design

Damascus Room, Shangri La Museum of Islamic Art, Culture & Design

The Damascus Room is a highlight of the Islamic art collection assembled by Doris Duke (1912–93) and is one of two Syrian interiors preserved at Shangri La. Its acquisition dates to 1952, when Duke placed an order for “1 Old Damascus Room made of old painted panels of wood” with…

Damascus Room, Shangri La Museum of Islamic Art, Culture & Design

Syrian Room, Shangri La Museum of Islamic Art, Culture & Design

The Syrian Room is one of Shangri La’s most cohesive spaces: a period room created for posterity, echoing those found in a number of other museums In the late 1970s and early 1980s, Doris Duke (1912–93) oversaw a major renovation at Shangri La following her acquisition of late Ottoman–period Syrian…

Syrian Room, Shangri La Museum of Islamic Art, Culture & Design

Islamic Orient, Calouste Gulbenkian Museum

It is perhaps because of its origins that Calouste Gulbenkian revealed a particular interest in the artistic production of the Orient and acquired many objects: ceramics, carpets, fabrics, illuminations, bindings and lamps of mosque. These pieces that reflect the most varied trends of Persian art, Turkish, Syrian, Caucasian, Indian and…

Islamic Orient, Calouste Gulbenkian Museum

Turkey 16-19 century, Museum of Islamic Art, Doha

The Ottoman Empire, whose origins lie in the 14th century, continued in existence until shortly after World War I. This impressive longevity, combined with an immense territory (stretching from Anatolia to Tunisia), led naturally to a vital and distinctive art, including plentiful architecture, mass production of ceramics for both tiles…

Turkey 16-19 century, Museum of Islamic Art, Doha

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