Art HistoryIslamic Art

Kilwa Kisiwani, Tanzania

Speakers: Stephen Battle, Program Director, Sub-Saharan Africa, World Monuments Fund and Steven Zucker source

Basin (Baptistère de Saint Louis)

Mohammed ibn al-Zain, Basin (Baptistère de Saint Louis), c. 1320-40, brass inlaid with silver and gold, 22.2 x 50.2 cm, Egypt or Syria (Musée...

Hagia Sophia as a mosque

This video focuses on Hagia Sophia after the conquest of Constantinople by the Ottomans in 1453. Speakers: Dr. Elizabeth Macaulay-Lewis and Dr. Steven Zucker....

Sinan, Rüstem Pasha Mosque

Mimar Sinan, Rüstem Pasha Mosque, Istanbul, 1561-63. Speakers: Dr. Elizabeth Macaulay-Lewis and Dr. Beth Harris. Created by Beth Harris and Steven Zucker. source

Two royal figures (Saljuq Period)

A conversation between Dr. Elizabeth Macaulay-Lewis and Dr. Steven Zucker in front of "Two Royal Figures," Iran (Saljuq period), mid 11th - mid 12th...

Ilkhanid Mihrab

Mihrab (prayer niche), 1354--55 (A.H. 755), just after the Ilkhanid period, Isfahan, Iran, polychrome glazed tiles, 135-1/16 x 113-11/16 inches / 343.1 x 288.7...