3797 - The Decorative Arts of Islam: Geometry, Calligraphy, and Sacred Pattern (Sayyid Tirmizi)
Course Description
Instructor: Sayiid Tirmizi
This two-session course explores the rich decorative arts of the Islamic world—carpets, ceramics, metalwork, manuscripts, and architecture—through the lenses of geometry, calligraphy, and vegetal (arabesque) design. We will look at how spiritual ideas about unity, infinity, and the beauty of the divine shaped patterns that cover mosques, palaces, everyday objects, and books from Spain to India. No prior knowledge of Islamic history or art is required.
Bio: Sayyid Tirmizi (M.A., M.B.A., Ph.D.) is a former Associate and Adjunct Professor. Sayyid has taught both in the US and abroad. He specializes in South Asian Art, culture, and religion, as well as Islamic art history and culture. He has taught at the University of Tulane at the School of Continuing Education, both at the New Orleans and MS campuses at the City College in New York, OLLI at Rutgers and Emory.