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Thesaurus Islamicus Foundation: Islamic Art Network

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource presents a treasure trove of scholarly resources on the art and architectural history of Islam. A work in process, the network's resources focus principally on Cairo but are expected, over time, to move outward to cover the...
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ArtLex

Art Lex: Islam and Islamic Art

For Students 9th - 10th
A dictionary entry for Islam and Islamic art with numerous illustrations of representative works in all media, including architecture, ceramics, metalwork, textiles, and manuscripts. Includes useful cross-references to related terms and...
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Los Angeles County Museum of Art

Los Angeles County Museum of Art: Islamic Art: Introduction

For Students 9th - 10th
A general introduction to Islamic art. Explains the term, the unifying style elements of Islamic art, the role of calligraphy, popular misconceptions about Islamic art, and similar topics. Includes internal links to definitions of...
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Los Angeles County Museum of Art

Los Angeles County Museum of Art: Islamic Art: Late Medieval Period: History

For Students 9th - 10th
A solid introduction to Islamic art of the late medieval period (approximately A.D. 1250 to A.D. 1450) that relates historical events to the art production of the time. With informative descriptions and wonderful reproductions that...
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Los Angeles County Museum of Art

Los Angeles Co. Museum of Art: Islamic Art Now: Contemporary Art of Middle East

For Students 9th - 10th
In recent years, the parameters of Islamic art (particularly as defined by museums, commercial art galleries, and private collections) have expanded to include contemporary works by artists from or with roots in the Middle East. These...
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The British Museum

British Museum: Explore World Cultures: Islamic Middle East

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about Islamic art of the middle east in this historical overview with accompanying image gallery of relevant object images from the British Museum collection.
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Exploring Islamic Architecture

For Students 3rd - 8th
A deep exploration of Islamic art and architecture through a variety of interesting topics. Includes art activity suggestions, an interactive game, and printable worksheets.
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Minneapolis Institute of Arts

Minneapolis Institute of Arts: World Religions in Art

For Students 9th - 10th
At World Religions in Art, the world's major religions--Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, and Judaism--serve as lenses through which artistic production is examined in terms of its subject matter, sources of inspiration, meaning,...
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Los Angeles County Museum of Art

Los Angeles County Museum of Art: Islamic Art: Early Islamic Period: History

For Students 9th - 10th
An excellent introduction to the earliest period of Islamic art (approximately A.D. 700 to A.D. 1000) that includes a historical overview of the rise of Islam. With informative descriptions and wonderful reproductions of art from the...
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Los Angeles County Museum of Art

Los Angeles County Museum of Art: Islamic Art: Early Medieval Period: History

For Students 9th - 10th
An overview of Islamic art from the early medieval period (approximately A.D. 1000 to A.D. 1150) that begins with a historical overview of the shifting Islamic politics of the time. With informative descriptions and wonderful...
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Los Angeles County Museum of Art

Los Angeles County Museum of Art: Islamic Art: Early Islamic Period: Art

For Students 9th - 10th
While the Islamic period has a fixed starting date, signaled by the emigration of the Prophet Muhammad and his followers from Mecca to Medina in 622, the birth of Islamic art is far more difficult to single out. Instead, we can consider...
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Los Angeles County Museum of Art

Los Angeles County Museum of Art: Islamic Art: Late Islamic Period: History

For Students 9th - 10th
An examination of Islamic art, from the fifteenth century through to the end of the Ottoman empire (just after World War I). Includes dozens of images of late Islamic art - textiles, ceramics, manuscripts - each with useful descriptions...
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Los Angeles County Museum of Art

Los Angeles County Museum of Art: Islamic Art: Early Medieval Period: Art

For Students 9th - 10th
Combining innovative styles, techniques, and forms with previously conceived ones, early medieval art is often marked by strong regional characteristics. Compared with early Islamic art, works of art from this period make much greater...
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Anavian Gallery (New York): Islamic Art Gallery

For Students 9th - 10th
Dozens of examples of Islamic art in all media in the holdings of the Anavian Gallery, New York-based art dealers/appraisers. Browse, learn, and enjoy.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Islamic Middle East

For Students 9th - 10th
The term Islamic is used here to define the art and material culture of those lands where the dominant religion is Islam, the religion revealed to the prophet Muhammad in seventh century Arabia. The Islamic lands have encompassed at...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Arts and Humanities: Art History: Art of the Islamic World

For Students 9th - 10th
A course on the history of art through the different periods of the Islamic world. Should be cross-checked against smarthistory.org.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Arts and Humanities: Art of Asia

For Students 9th - 10th
A landing page for a course on the art history of Asia.
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The History Cat

The History Cat: Islamic Arts and Literature

For Students 9th - 10th
An introduction to the art and literature that were produced during the Islamic Golden Age. A brief look at Islamic calligraphy, mosaics, geometric designs, and the story behind the 1001 Tales of the Arabian Nights.
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Islamic Arts and Architecture: Calligraphy

For Students 9th - 10th
Explains the central role of calligraphy in Islamic art and architecture. Includes numerous illustrations of various writing styles and information about the development of calligraphy in the Islamic world.
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Metropolitan Museum of Art

Metropolitan Museum of Art: The Art of West Asia

For Students 9th - 10th
Ten thousand years of art produced in West Asia is displayed at this Metropolitan Museum site in timeline format. The earliest examples date from 8000 B.C., with information on key historical events as well as details of each artifact.
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Metropolitan Museum of Art

Metropolitan Museum of Art

For Students 9th - 10th
Besides viewing the collections and exhibits at the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art, you can view the "Timeline of Art History" and other useful resources at this site.
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Cleveland Museum of Art

Cleveland Museum of Art

For Students 9th - 10th
The Cleveland Museum of Art home page offers information and news about current happenings in the art world. It also has virtual exhibits that you can view to see many different types of art.
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Los Angeles County Museum of Art

Los Angeles County Museum of Art: Islamic Art: Late Islamic Period: Art

For Students 9th - 10th
Perhaps even more so than in preceding periods, art was an instrument of dynastic expression in this great age of empires. Spurred by royal patronage, the arts flourished under the Ottomans and Safavids. Ottoman military incursions into...
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Los Angeles County Museum of Art

Los Angeles County Museum of Art: Islamic Art: Late Medieval Period: Art

For Students 9th - 10th
Fostered by the Mongol invasions of the mid-thirteenth century, and inculcated with a new taste, especially for Chinese designs and motifs, a new style of art was disseminated throughout Islamic lands. This was a time of brilliant...

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