Those wondrously intricate tile mosaics that adorn medieval Islamic architecture may contain a mastery of geometry not matched in the West for hundreds of years. Historians have long assumed that ...
WASHINGTON – Those wondrously intricate tile mosaics that adorn medieval Islamic architecture may cloak a mastery of geometry not matched in the West for hundreds of years. Historians have long ...
Originally published in French: Fäiences d'azur. COLOUR AND SYMBOLISM IN ISLAMIC ARCHITECTURE : EIGHT CENTURIES OF THE TILEMAKERS ART PHOTOGRAPHS BY ROLAND AND SABRINA MICHAUD TEXT BY MICHAEL BARRY ...
Doctoral Candidate (Oriental Studies - Islamic Art and Archaeology), University of Oxford; Curatorial Researcher, Nicholson Collection, Chau Chak Wing Museum, University of Sydney In 2005, the Art ...