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 carved out of a single piece of rock crystal; to the inspired urban planning of the ancient city of Isfahan in Iran; to the stunning architecture of Uzbekistan’s Samarakand. Januszczak shares his knowledge of the Sunni-Shiite schism and its artistic implications, the Fatimid influence evident in Cairo’s Al-Azhar mosque, and the vast debt which Gothic architecture owes to the arches and filigrees of medieval Islamic building design.

Films Media Group

Islamic art--History, Islamic architecture--Africa, Islamic architecture--Asia, Central, Mosques, Islamic art--Africa, Islamic art--Asia, Central

Paradise Found: Discovering Islamic Art

Russell, Simon (Composer), Niblett, Simon (Videographer), Chan, Oscar (Editor), Januszczak, Waldemar (Contributor), Lerner, Mike (Producer), Bluemel, James (Director), Films for the Humanities & Sciences (publisher)

00:44:28 (HH:MM:SS)

English

adult/continuing education, higher education

Name	Films Media Group (Firm)
Role	publisher
Telephone	800-257-5126
Address	200 Metro Blvd., Suite 124, Hamilton, NJ 08619
Email	[email protected]

2007-01-01

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