Summary: 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 the explosive spread of early Islamic culture-the program examines the pristine beauty of India's Taj Mahal as well as one of the world's oldest...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007
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Summary: 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...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007
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Summary: London's Victoria and Albert Museum contains one of the finest collections of Islamic art in Europe or America. It is housed in the V&A's recently constructed Jameel Gallery-a facility designed to increase awareness and appreciation of Islamic art. This program highlights the beauty and complexity of the Jameel collection; it also enables viewers to closely examine individual pieces-including...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007
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Tracy, Kathleen.
Summary: More than one-and-a-half billion Muslims of all races, nationalities, and ethnicities live in the world today, but the birthplace of Islam is the Middle East. Islam is a religion based on the revelations given to the Prophet Muhammad. These teachings are contained in the Quran, Islam's holy book. Like other religions, Islam preaches peace and love for others. Also like other religions, Islam's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mitchell Lane Publishers 2015
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1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT Place Cult TracyKhalili, Nasser D.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Overlook Press 2005
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 709.1767 KHASummary: This program examines the surprisingly rapid growth of Islam in the heart of America's Bible Belt, a predominantly fundamentalist Christian locale. Yet for Muslims living in Appalachia, the daily challenge lies not so much in acceptance by their neighbors as with practicing their religion in a country whose overall culture is so often at odds with their own beliefs. Interviews with refugees...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: Islamic movements throughout the Muslim world are demanding an Islamic state. What is an Islamic state? What is its relationship to the people, and how democratic can it be? In this program, Dr. Hassan Turabi, widely regarded as the architect of the Sudanese Islamic state, describes the ideal Islamic state and its ideology; he also discusses the issues of human rights, women's rights, and the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Detroit Institute of Arts
Summary: Full of colorful photos to satisfy any art enthusiast
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hudson Hills Press, in association with the Founders Society, Detroit Institute of Arts 1985
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 709 ONEInterlochen Arts Academy
Contents: No exit / Lynn Glassock -- Rhythm song / Paul Smadbeck; John Alfieri, arr. -- Prelude from Holberg suite, op. 40 / Edvard Grieg ; Eric Forester, arr. -- The doomsday machine / Michael Burritt -- Adagio, op. 11 / Samuel Barber ; John Alfieri, arr. -- Improvisations on Agbekor / John Alfieri -- Minuano / Pat Metheny, Lyle Mays ; Bob Curnow, arr. -- Llava tierra / Tom Miller.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Interlochen Arts Academy 2000
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD LOCAL INTDetroit Institute of Arts
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hudson Hills Press 0000
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 759.13 AmeDetroit Institute of Arts
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Publisher / Publication Date: Published for the Detroit Institute of Arts by the Smithsonian Institution Press 1995
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 730.09 AFRSummary: The mosque's minaret: alongside the dome, there is no more familiar symbol of a Muslim place of worship. But not all mosques have minarets-or even domes. This video describes the evolution of the mosque, or masjid, over time and across cultures by using the mosque at Cordoba, Spain; the Friday Mosque in Isfahan, Iran; and many others from around the world as examples. Common elements like...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Reuss, Emma.
Summary: Explore 100 gardens from around the world with this illustrated guide to the design elements of each--from historical style to planting and landscape design. This comprehensive reference offers gardens from many periods of history--Islamic, Renaissance, English Landscape, Arts & Crafts, and more--and geographically diverse environments--from a nighttime sculpture garden on the Oregon coast, to...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Monacelli Press 2014