Islamic Art, Music and Architecture Around The World “God is beautiful and loves beauty.” [A hadith of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon Him)] INTERFAITH CULTURAL ORGANIZATION
INTERFAITH CULTURAL ORGANIZATION Art Hat - Calligraphy Ebru – Marbling on paper Tezhip – Illumination
INTERFAITH CULTURAL ORGANIZATION Hat (Calligraphy) Art of Arabic writing Special ink and paper (aged 1 year)
INTERFAITH CULTURAL ORGANIZATION Styles The Kufic Styles The Cursive Styles
INTERFAITH CULTURAL ORGANIZATION Hilye-i Saadet (Arabic) The description of the Prophet Muhammad
INTERFAITH CULTURAL ORGANIZATION Muhammad (Arabic) Peace and Blessings Upon Him
INTERFAITH CULTURAL ORGANIZATION Bu Da Gecer Ya Hu (Ottoman) “This too shall pass.”
INTERFAITH CULTURAL ORGANIZATION “There is no harming or returning harm for harm [in Islam].”
INTERFAITH CULTURAL ORGANIZATION Figures with Calligraphy
INTERFAITH CULTURAL ORGANIZATION Calligraphy in Latin Alphabet
INTERFAITH CULTURAL ORGANIZATION Marble stone from Egypt in Calligraphic style.
INTERFAITH CULTURAL ORGANIZATION Calligraphy on Ebru (marbling)
INTERFAITH CULTURAL ORGANIZATION by whom, when or how EBRU was discovered is unknown. originated in the city of Bukhara in Turkistan and spread via the Silk Road to Persia, India and Anatolia. In EBRU, pigments are floated on a bath of thickened water. When a piece of paper is laid on the bath and then removed, it takes the pigments with it. An infinite number of patterns are possible — no two quite alike. Ebru (Marbling)
INTERFAITH CULTURAL ORGANIZATION Floral Marblings
INTERFAITH CULTURAL ORGANIZATION Floral Marblings
INTERFAITH CULTURAL ORGANIZATION Figurative Marblings
INTERFAITH CULTURAL ORGANIZATION Landscape with Ebru
INTERFAITH CULTURAL ORGANIZATION Tezhip is literally fine ornamentation with gold. We shall deal here mainly with illumination and ornamentation on paper. Tezhip (Illumination)
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Tezhib with EBRU
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Architecture Material Design
INTERFAITH CULTURAL ORGANIZATION Islamic-style celestial sphere Brass with silver
INTERFAITH CULTURAL ORGANIZATION Horizontal Sundial Brass Collection of the Qatar National Museum
INTERFAITH CULTURAL ORGANIZATION Early 17th century, Persian Safavid Dynasty; apple wood, painted, lacquered, and gilded
INTERFAITH CULTURAL ORGANIZATION Mina'i Bowls Ceramic Late 12th-early 13th century Persian, Seljuk Dynasty
INTERFAITH CULTURAL ORGANIZATION Figure of a Court Official Early 13th century, Persian, Seljuk Dynasty Stucco, polychrome, and gilded Openwork Lamp Bronze 12th century Persian, Seljuk Dynasty
INTERFAITH CULTURAL ORGANIZATION Double-Walled Ewer in the Form of a Rooster Late 12th-early 13th century Persian, Seljuk Dynasty; Ceramic Glass Bottle 1300, Syrian, Mamluk Dynasty
INTERFAITH CULTURAL ORGANIZATION Oriental Rugs
INTERFAITH CULTURAL ORGANIZATION Persian
INTERFAITH CULTURAL ORGANIZATION Persian
INTERFAITH CULTURAL ORGANIZATION Turkish
INTERFAITH CULTURAL ORGANIZATION Turkish
INTERFAITH CULTURAL ORGANIZATION Architecture Mosques
INTERFAITH CULTURAL ORGANIZATION Kaba, Mecca, Saudi Arabia
INTERFAITH CULTURAL ORGANIZATION Kaba, Mecca, Saudi Arabia
INTERFAITH CULTURAL ORGANIZATION Prophet's Mosque, which contains the tombs of Muhammad, his daughter Fatima, and the caliphs Umar and Abu Bakr. Medina, Saudi Arabia
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Blue Mosque, Istanbul, TURKEY
INTERFAITH CULTURAL ORGANIZATION Blue Mosque, Istanbul, TURKEY
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Dome of Rock in Jerusalem
INTERFAITH CULTURAL ORGANIZATION Taj Mahal, India
INTERFAITH CULTURAL ORGANIZATION Rumi’s tomb & decorative surroudings
INTERFAITH CULTURAL ORGANIZATION Saifuddien Mosque, Brunei
INTERFAITH CULTURAL ORGANIZATION Mosques from Iran
INTERFAITH CULTURAL ORGANIZATION Architecture Others
INTERFAITH CULTURAL ORGANIZATION Topkapi Palace, Istanbul, TURKEY
INTERFAITH CULTURAL ORGANIZATION Topkapi Palace, Istanbul, TURKEY
INTERFAITH CULTURAL ORGANIZATION The Alhambra Palace (Granada, Spain)
INTERFAITH CULTURAL ORGANIZATION Music
INTERFAITH CULTURAL ORGANIZATION Qur'anic Recitation is the most central form of music in the Muslim world. Adhan (call to prayer) heard at prayer times, it is the second major genre of Islamic music. Instrumental (Ney) Cat Stevens (aka Yusuf Islam)