Maryam Ekhtiar

An accessible introduction to the quintessential art form of the Islamic world How to Read Islamic Calligraphy explores the preeminence of the written word as a means of creative expression throughout the Islamic world. Aimed at a general audience, the book introduces all five major Islamic calligraphic script types, demonstrates their distinctive visual characteristics, and explains the various contexts in...

A fresh look at the ways nineteenth-century European and Ottoman artists portrayed and promoted the Middle East through interpretations and emulations of Islamic art and design. Colonial and imperial expansion, technical advancement, and artistic transformation in the nineteenth century catalysed the global marketplace and sparked a wave of European picture-making focused on North Africa and the Middle East. Known as...