Islamic Art: Africa and Central Asia
Continuing his trek across the Muslim world, art scholar Waldemar Januszczak introduces viewers to masterworks in Africa, the Middle East, and Central Asia - from the gigantic and surreal mud mosques of Mali; to a rare, 10th-century Egyptian ewer ca...
Islamic Art: India and the Middle East
In this program, art critic Waldemar Januszczak travels through the heart of the Middle East and beyond to study a wide range of Islamic architecture, decoration, and art objects. Providing helpful historical background on the faith - with an eye on...
Islamic Art
Forbidden by Islamic law to represent the human form, Moslem art burst forth in the characteristic decorative style we know as arabesque. This program discusses the architecture and sculpture of mosques and Koranic schools, the illumination and call...