Show the average Westerner a page of abstract Arabic calligraphy and he’ll see nothing but squiggly lines. Show the same page to a devout Muslim and – literate or not – he may see the Word of God.

Islamic geometric patterns and architecture represent a profound synthesis of mathematical precision and artistic expression inherent in centuries of cultural heritage. These patterns are not merely ...

What is culture? In today’s globalized world, we are familiar with seeing various cultural objects and ornamentation outside of their original location or context. If culture is not fixed and bound to ...

"Reproduces (in a modified layout and sequence) all the plates from the portfolio Iskusstvo Sredneĭ Azii ... / L'art de l'Asie Centrale ... originally published in Saint Petersburg, 1883 by the ...