Mina’i Richard Piran McClary Related Terms: Related Khamseen Video: Marika Sardar, “A Samanid Epigraphic Dish,” Khamseen: Islamic Art History Online, published 28 August 2020. References: Holod, Renata. “Event and Memory: The Freer Gallery’s Siege Scene Plate.” Ars Orientalis 42 (2012): 194–219. McClary, Richard P. “Calouste Gulbenkian, his Mīnā’ī Ware, and the Changing Islamic Art Market.”…
Tag: Glossary
Orientalism
Orientalism Alex Dika Seggerman Related Terms: Related Khamseen Videos: Negar Habibi, “The Depiction of European Women in Late Safavid Paintings,” Khamseen: Islamic Art History Online, published 9 February 2021. Emily Neumeier, “The Paintings of Osman Hamdi Bey,” Khamseen: Islamic Art History Online, published 28 August 2020. References: Beaulieu, Jill, and Mary Roberts, eds. Orientalism’s Interlocutors:…
Talisman
Talisman Rachel Parikh Related Terms: Related Khamseen Videos: Rachel Parikh, “Islamic Arms and Armor: Dhu’l Fiqar, ʿAli’s Miraculous Sword,” Khamseen: Islamic Art History Online, published 28 August 2020. Marika Sardar, “The Gwalior Qur’an,” Khamseen: Islamic Art History Online, published 28 August 2020. Eszter Spät, “The Nîshans of the Yezidis of Northern Iraq,” Khamseen: Islamic Art…
Al-Buraq
Al-Buraq Sascha Crasnow Related Terms: Related Khamseen Videos: Sascha Crasnow, “Saba Taj’s Interstellar Uber // Negotiations with God: Queer Articulations in Contemporary Islamic Art,” Khamseen: Islamic Art History Online, published 20 May 2021. Christiane Gruber, “A Safavid Painting of the Prophet Muhammad’s Mi‘raj,” Khamseen: Islamic Art History Online, published 28 August 2020. References: Arnold, Thomas.…
Frontispiece
Frontispiece Marika Sardar Related Terms: Related Khamseen Videos: Marika Sardar, “The Gwalior Qur’an,” Khamseen: Islamic Art History Online, published 28 August 2020. Ayşin Yoltar-Yıldırım, “The Birth Scene of Iskandar (Alexander the Great),” Khamseen: Islamic Art History Online, published 9 February 2021. References: Bağcı, Serpil. “A New Theme of the Shirazi Frontispiece Miniatures: The Divan of…
Khamseen Terms Style Guide
Michelle Al-Ferzly Thank you for your willingness to contribute to Khamseen’s Glossary. We are thrilled to have you on board this exciting new endeavor! As a free and open-access online scholarly resource, the Glossary offers multimedia definitions of important terms for the study of Islamic art, architecture, and visual culture. Our collectively crafted and visually…
Minaret
Minaret Mira Xenia Schwerda Related Terms: Related Khamseen Videos: Stéphane Pradines, “Swahili Mosques Between Sub-Saharan Africa and the Indian Ocean,” Khamseen: Islamic Art History Online, published 27 May 2021. Ünver Rüstem, “Nuruosmaniye Mosque and the Ottoman Baroque,” Khamseen: Islamic Art History Online, published 12 October 2020. Caroline “Olivia” Wolf, “Monumental Mosques in Latin America,” Khamseen: Islamic Art History…
Mihrab
Mihrab Yasemin Gencer Related Terms: Related Khamseen Videos: Glaire Anderson, “The Mihrab of the Great Mosque of Córdoba,” Khamseen: Islamic Art History Online, published 19 October 2020. Sumru Belger Krody, “Prayer Carpets,” Khamseen: Islamic Art History Online, published 11 May 2021. References: Fehérvári, Géza. “Miḥrāb.” In Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition, edited by P. Bearman, Th. Bianquis,…
Masjid
Masjid Christiane Gruber Related Terms: Related Khamseen Videos: Stéphane Pradines, “Swahili Mosques Between Sub-Saharan Africa and the Indian Ocean,” Khamseen: Islamic Art History Online, published 27 May 2021. Jennifer Pruitt, “The Al-Aqmar Mosque,” Khamseen: Islamic Art History Online, published 28 August 2020. Ünver Rüstem, “Nuruosmaniye Mosque and the Ottoman Baroque,” Khamseen: Islamic Art History Online, published 12…