Divine Geometry: Islamic Art at the Wadsworth Atheneum

Author: Hamid Hemat

Description: This catalogue accompanies the exhibition Divine Geometry: Islamic Art at the Wadsworth Atheneum from November 27, 2024, to April 13, 2025. The objects selected for exhibition represent some of the highlights of the museum’s collection of Islamic art, most of which have never been shown together before.
They have been selected to reflect a diversity of art from the Islamic work in terms of media, style, and place of origin. The exhibition is particularly concerned with elucidating Islamic aesthetics and
the significance of artistic beauty in the Muslim tradition. It explores the artistic language of Islamic art, the floral motifs, geometric patterns, calligraphy, and figurative arts. It ranges from the ninth century to the contemporary, and includes a cutting-edge immersive animation showing the evolution of patterns in monuments throughout the Islamic world.

Details: 
Publisher: Puritan Press Inc. (2024)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 192
9 5/8 x 11 1/4
155 color + b/w illus.