A 13th-century candlestick broke Sotheby's record at auction for an object from the Islamic art world when it sold after a 25-minute bidding contest
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Tag: Art
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The Day a Plate Sold for £5.4 ($6.9) Million
An Exceptionally Rare Ottoman Dish - 15th Century Iznik Charger
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Sara the Young Artist at Zaatari Refugee Camp Excited to Meet Ibn Al-Haytham
Sara, a sixth-grader at one of Zaatari Refugee Camp schools, loves drawing and wants to be an artist when she grows up.
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Constellations
Muslims also devised star maps and astronomical tables, and both of these would be used in Europe and the Far East for centuries. Maps of the heavens also appeared in art, such as on the dome of a bathhouse at Qusayr ’Amra, a Jordanian palace built in the eighth century, which has a unique hemispherical celestial map.
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Google Arts & Culture Partners with 1001 Inventions
Launch of a new platform to explore humanity’s greatest inventions
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A Journey of a Book: Kalila wa-Dimna
One of the most popular books ever written [in Arabic & Persian] is the book the [Muslim Civilisation] know as Kalila wa-Dimna, a bestseller for almost two thousand years, and a book still read with pleasure all over the world. It has been translated at least 200 times into 50 different languages.
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East meets West in Venice
A fascinating article about Venice a few hundred years ago when it flourished as the hub of Europe’s trade with the lands to its east and south.
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10 Stunning Ceilings from the Wonders of Islamic Architecture
Discover ceilings from buildings inspired by Islamic architecture where looking up is a spellbinding experience!
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Top 10 Maps from Muslim Civilisation, when North was South and South was North, towards Mecca
1001 Inventions reveals 10 marvelous maps from Muslim Civilisation that include one of the earliest known maps of South America and maps where the world appears upside down! A time when North was South and South was North, towards Mecca… We tend to take many things for granted. Today, we are equipped with numerous means...
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Top 10 Google Doodles’ for Muslim Civilisation
A Google Doodle is a special, temporary alteration of the logo on Google's homepages that commemorate holidays, events, achievements, and people. Some of the people featured are prominent figures from Muslim Civilisation from scientists to scholars, travelers to other social figures.
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Star-Finders Astrolabes
Over a thousand-year period in Muslim Civilisation, epoch-making discoveries such as the first record of a star system outside our own galaxy were made, and astronomical instruments were developed laying the foundation for modern-day astronomy. These included celestial globes, armillary spheres, sextants and astrolabes.