Arabic art

Known as paper marbling, the Turkish practice of Ebru painting is a unique form of art. Artists use water and dye to produce colorful paintings.

Fabio Fabbi one of the most famous and commercially successful Italian artists of the Orientalists. Fabio Fabbi was born in Bologna, Italy in 1861. As a young man, he enrolled at the Academia Di Belle Art in Florence and studied sculpture and painting in the 1880s, winning prizes in both categories.

Khalili Collections | Islamic Art | Mir ‘Imad al-Hasani was the undisputed master of nasta‘liq, the script used in this example. He was murdered...

The concept here was inspired by Violeta's student from Lebanon, he had a Marlboro cigarette box which had ‘Smoking kills’ written in Arabic as a warning message. Violeta found the American cigarette packet with the Arabic writing to be uncomfortable as it was simultaneously collaborative and contrasting. "This made me think about the amount of money and care invested in health warning for tobacco products, predominately to stop people from dying of cancer and to protect the western world…

In this work, the artist depicts the figure in such a way that most of his face is obscured, creating a sense of mystery. Everything we know about the character of this man is expressed though his posture, clothes, and objects, like his bowl containing a few coins. Very little is known about Camino’s training; he visited Algeria in the early 1850s, which inspired the art he made in the decades that followed.

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As part of the Sharjah Islamic Arts Festival the artists presented their calligraphic artworks at the Emirates Fine Arts Society

On the roof of the seraglio at sunset

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Caravan in desert vector background. Arab people and camels silhouettes in sands. Caravan with camel, camelcade silhouette travel to sand desert illustration. Archive contains JPG and EPS files.