Calligraphy Qalam Blog » Detroit http://calligraphyqalam.com/blog Arabic, Ottoman & Persian Calligraphy Thu, 08 Mar 2012 17:52:32 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 New Gallery of Islamic Art in Detroit http://calligraphyqalam.com/blog/events-and-exhibitions/detroit-islamic-art/ http://calligraphyqalam.com/blog/events-and-exhibitions/detroit-islamic-art/#comments Thu, 04 Mar 2010 15:15:25 +0000 Elisabeth Kvernen http://calligraphyqalam.com/blog/?p=484 The Detroit Institute of Arts opened a new Gallery of Islamic Art on February 28, 2010.

From the Associated Press:

DETROIT (AP) – In the heart of the largest concentration of Muslims in the U.S., the Detroit Institute of Arts this weekend is opening a new permanent gallery of Islamic art showcasing exhibits including a rare 15th-century Quran of a Mongol conqueror.

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Among the gallery’s treasures: one of the largest-known Ottoman mosque candlesticks from about 1500; an elevated giant cut-velvet summer floor covering made between 1650 and 1700 in Turkey, believed to be the largest of its kind; and a 15th-century leather-bound Quran, whose gold-flecked paper was given by the Ming emperor of China to Timur, one of the Mongol conquerors of the Middle East.

Check out the collection on their website: http://www.dia.org/asp/search/ExecuteSearch.asp?DID=3&department=Islamic%20Art.

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