The Visual Language of Islamic Art
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Islamic art encompasses a variety of artistic traditions that have flourished across a vast geographic region from southern Spain and North Africa to the islands of Southeast Asia. Museum consultant Sabiha Al Khemir examines the distinctive visual language of traditional Islamic art through examples of calligraphy, painting, ceramics, metalwork, and textiles spanning the 9th to the 19th century. (World Art History Certificate elective, 1/2 credit)