Islamic Art Feature: Pick of the Week 12/26/09

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Islamic Art Feature: Pick of the Week 12/26/09

December 26, 2009 by iMuslim Islamic art
8 comments Tags: Calligraphy · Islamic art · photography

Welcome to the another edition of MuslimMatters.orgâ€™s regular Islamic Art feature. If you want to see your work on MM, then either email us your images to art[@]muslimmatters[.]org or submit them to our Flickr group.

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Bismillah, by WaoOoma

Bismillah, by tazkiyaharts

Imambara, Hooghly, Kolkata, West Bengal, India, by Humayunn N A Peerzaada.

Visit the photo page to read more about the history of the Imambara.

By Time, by encikpundak

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Tags: Calligraphy · Islamic art · photography

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http://muslimmatters.org amad

The “Imambara” may actually be a shrine (from what I can gather from the description) … in other words, this may be a grave-worshipping hot-spot. There is even an entry-fee for this “grave” deed. If I am mistaken about this being a grave-shrine, please someone feel free to correct me.

It’s perhaps a good photo to remind folks what to avoid in this area. I am also inclined to think that this photo probably doesn’t belong in “muslim” matters… wallahu alam

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There is mention of a grave site of the one who commissioned the building, but no mention that he is a saint/pir/etc, that would imply anything ‘dodgy’. I don’t think we should assume the worst until the worst is proven outright, non? Especially as grave-worshipping is most definitely ‘the worst’.

aLeeNa

Bismillah by WaoOoma is AMAZING. mA
the negative space design is fantastic! so hard to draw by hand, well for me at least o.o

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Care to expound on what “negative space design” means… sorry to sound so dumb about art…

aLeeNa

negative space= background (:
the tile like designs in the background are so intricate

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greentea

Love the calligraphy. Does anyone know of any introductory books that teach stuff like that i.e. the method behind the Calligraphy. I visited a few sites but most show only the end product.

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It might be worth leaving a comment on the Flickr photo pages of the above calligraphers, and see what they suggest?

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