WASHINGTON – Those wondrously intricate tile mosaics that adorn medieval Islamic architecture may cloak a mastery of geometry not matched in the West for hundreds of years. Historians have long ...

Dating back to the early Islamic period, these designs were developed using a set of mathematical principles. Islamic art was characterized by utilizing geometric patterns in a distinct manner owing ...

Mar. 26—Anila Quayyum Agha's art elevates Islamic mosaics into architecture shot through with light-scattering patterns across walls. "Mysterious Inner Worlds" marks her first solo exhibition at the ...

M osaic is defined as a type of artistic composition created by inlaying small pieces of coloured stones or glass called ‘tesserae’ — in a mortar of white or coloured cement — to create various ...