A 13th-century fresco rediscovered in Ferrara, Italy, provides unique evidence of medieval churches using Islamic tents to conceal their high altars. The 700-year-old fresco is thought to be the only ...

Historian Diana Darke argues in “Islamesque” that Europe’s monuments owe a vast debt to Muslim craftsmen and designers.

They are religions which often clash today, but Islamic designs were hijacked by the Christian church in medieval times.

Greek science became the basis for the development ... THE ART OF MEDICINE Medieval Islamic doctors broke new ground in diagnosing and treating infectious diseases such as smallpox, and pioneering ...

However, it gets powerful historical and political legitimacy by producing official and governmental knowledge about India’s ...

Curator Ladan Akbarnia introduced the McMullen Museum of Art’s upcoming exhibit, Wonders of Creation: Art, Science, and Innovation in the Islamic World in a virtual lecture hosted by the McMullen on ...

A 13th-century fresco rediscovered in Ferrara, Italy, provides unique evidence of medieval churches using Islamic tents to conceal their high altars. The 700-year-old fresco is thought to be the ...

A 13th-century fresco rediscovered in Ferrara, Italy, provides unique evidence of medieval churches using Islamic tents to conceal their high altars ...

A 700-year-old fresco discovered in the convent church of S. Antonio in Polesine in Ferrara, Italy, reveals that luxurious ...