Arabic historical documents go online
Documents entailing Arabic history and culture leave the confines of the British Library reading rooms.
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World Heritage yet again threatened by orthodoxy
Ancient seats of African Islamic heritage are under serious threat from puritan Muslim groups.
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Caravaggio Debated
New unearthing of sketches and oil paintings, disputed to be unseen masterpieces by the great Italian artist Caravaggio.
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Homai Vyarawalla Remebered
A retrospective of Homai Vyrawalla at the Rubin Museum of Art, New York.
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Rembrandt & the Mughal
Rembrandt (1606-69) the Dutch Painter and etcher, considered to be one of the greatest painters and printmakers in European art history created nearly two-dozen copies of Mughal paintings between the years 1654 and 1660.
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Cashmere
Cashmere – was painted in 1908 by the celebrated American artist John Singer Sargent (1856-1925), considered the leading portrait painter for his evocations of Edwardian luxury.
Princess of Berar
Portrait of H .I.H. Princess Khadija Hayriya Aisha Durr-i-Shahvar Sultana (1914-2006), the daughter of the last Ottoman Caliph Abdu’l-Majid Khan II taken by Sir Cecil Beaton (1904-1980).
Watching the Rain Clouds: Balwant Singh on his palace roof
Raja Balwant Singh (early to mid 18th century) of Jasrota at his palace, in the punjab hills, popularly known today as Himachal Pradesh.
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