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Islamic Studies

The following is a list of reference from both circulating materials from GTU Library and online resources for the study of Islam.

Islamic Art from Around the World

Athens, Greece, The Benaki Museum (Museum of Islamic Art)

https://www.benaki.gr/index.php?lang=en

Baltimore MD, Walters Art Museum/Islamic Manuscripts

http://art.thewalters.org/browse/category/islamic-manuscripts/

Berlin, Germany, Museum für Islamische Kunst

https://www.smb.museum/en/museums-institutions/museum-fuer-islamische-kunst/home.html

Brooklyn, NY, Collections: Arts of the Islamic World

https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/collections/20

Cleveland, OH, The Cleveland Museum of Art/Islamic Art – Collections On-Line

http://www.clevelandart.org/art/departments/islamic-art

Copenhagen, Denmark, The David Collection

http://www.davidmus.dk/en/collections/islamic

Detroit MI, The Detroit Institute of Arts/Arts of Asia and the Islamic World

https://www.dia.org/art/collection/dia-collection

Doha, Qatar, Museum for Islamic Art

http://www.mia.org.qa/en/

Honolulu HI, Doris Duke’s Shangri La

https://www.shangrilahawaii.org

Houston, Museum of Fine Arts

https://www.mfah.org/art/departments/art-islamic-worlds

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Islamic Arts Museum

http://www.iamm.org.my/

Kuwait City, Kuwait, Dar al-Athar al-Islamiyyah (temporarily unavailable; see Museum with No Frontiers)

http://islamicart.museumwnf.org/pm_partner.php?id=Mus21;kw&type=museum&theme=EPM

London, UK, Victoria & Albert Museum/Jameel Gallery of Islamic Art

https://www.vam.ac.uk/collections/islamic-middle-east

http://www.vam.ac.uk/page/i/islamic-art-and-design/

London, UK, The British Museum/Islamic Middle East

https://islamicworld.britishmuseum.org

https://www.britishmuseum.org/visiting/galleries/middle_east/room_42-43_the_islamic_world.aspx

http://islamicart.museumwnf.org

Los Angeles CA, Los Angeles County Museum of Art

http://www.lacma.org/art/collection/islamic-art

http://www.lacma.org/islamic_art/islamic.htm

New York, NY, The Metropolitan Museum of Art/

https://www.metmuseum.org/about-the-met/curatorial-departments/islamic-art

Oxford, UK, The Ashmolean Museum/Eastern Art On-Line: The Islamic Middle East Gallery

http://jameelcentre.ashmolean.org/collection/4/837/838

Paris, France, The Louvre/Islamic Art

https://www.louvre.fr/en/departments/islamic-art

Paris, France, L’Institut du monde arabe

https://www.imarabe.org/en

https://www.imarabe.org/en/museum/the-museum-s-collections

Petersburg, Russia, The Hermitage/Oriental Art

http://www.hermitagemuseum.org/wps/portal/hermitage/explore/collections/master/1251499798

Singapore, Asian Civilizations Museum/Islamic Art Gallery

https://www.acm.org.sg/galleries/islamic-art

Toronto, Ontario, Canada, The Aga Khan Museum

http://agakhanmuseum.org

http://agakhanmuseum.org/collections-dept/museum-collection.html

Washington DC, Freer Gallery of Art/Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

http://archive.asia.si.edu/collections/islamic.asp 

Washington, DC, George Washington University, The Textile Museum

https://museum.gwu.edu/textile-museum

Exhibitions of Islamic Art

Cosmophilia: Islamic Art from the David Collection (McMullan Gallery of Art, Boston College, 2006)

https://www.bc.edu/sites/artmuseum/exhibitions/cosmophilia/

Court & Cosmos: The Great Age of the Seljuqs (Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY, 2016)

https://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/listings/2016/court-and-cosmos

Flowers of Silk and Gold: Four Centuries of Ottoman Embroidery (The Textile Museum, Washington DC,  

https://www2.gwu.edu/~textile/fsg/intro.html

Jerusalem 1000-1400: Every People Under Heaven (Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY, 2016)

https://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/listings/2016/jerusalem

The Legacy of Genghis Khan: Courtly Art and Life in Western Asia, 1256-1353 (LACMA, CA)

http://www.lacma.org/khan/

Palace and Mosque: Islamic Art from the Victoria & Albert Museum (V&A, London, UK, 2006)

http://www.vam.ac.uk/content/articles/p/palace-and-mosque-islamic-art-from-the-victoria-and-albert-museum/

Poetry and Prayer: Islamic Manuscripts at the Walters Art Museum

http://poetryprayer.thewalters.org/

The Shahname: A Persian Cultural Emblem and a Timeless Masterpiece

http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/gallery/shahnameh/index.html

Symmetry and Pattern: The Art of Oriental Carpets (The Textile Museum, Washington DC, 1996)

http://mathforum.org/geometry/rugs/

Word into Art: Artists of the Modern Middle East (The British Museum, London, UK, 2006)

https://www.britishmuseum.org/the_museum/london_exhibition_archive/archive_word_into_art.aspx

Venice and the Islamic World: 828-1797 (Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY, 2007)

https://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/listings/2007/venice-and-the-islamic-world

Arab Culture and Civilization (NITLE and MPEC)

http://acc.teachmideast.org/introduction.php?module_id=12

ArchNet (An international online community for architects, planners, urban designers, landscape architects, conservationists, and scholars, with a focus on Muslim cultures and civilizations).

http://Archnet.org

Harvard University: The Islamic Heritage Project

https://library.harvard.edu/collections/islamic-heritage-project

Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History/Islamic – Art of the Sufis

https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/sufi/hd_sufi.htm

Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History/The Nature of Islamic Art

https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/orna/hd_orna.htm

Oriental Carpets in Renaissance Painting (Wikipedia entry)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oriental_carpets_in_Renaissance_painting

Pattern in Islamic Art: The [David] Wade Photo-Archive, 2nd Edition

https://patterninislamicart.com

The Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture at Harvard University – Documentation Center

https://agakhan.fas.harvard.edu/library