Synopsis: Webinar, January 28, 2021: “Islam Through Art,” with Dr. Christiane Gruber, Professor of Islamic Art and Chair of the History of Art Department, University of Michigan. “Islam through Art” introduced participants to key issues and themes in Islamic art, including architectural interactions and the importance of ornament and Arabic-script calligraphy. This session also dispels contemporary…
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Teaching Resources for Islamic Art
Ani Kalousdian Professors of Islamic Art use a variety of online resources to engage and educate students in the absence of a classroom, as has been the case in the recent pandemic. Longform books and articles have long been the content assigned to students, but in a digital age, resources to make research more convenient…
Discussion of Online Resources for Teaching Islamic Art
Discussion of Online Resources for Teaching Islamic Art Synopsis: This discussion of online resources for the teaching of Islamic art (July 15, 2020) includes a synthesis of online resources by Christiane Gruber (University of Michigan), an exploration of museum online collections of Islamic art by Ruba Kana‘an (University of Toronto, Mississauga), and an overview of…