Great Works, Great Ideas
Webinar 2: The Qur'an, Art & Architecture
Webinar recordings are fully interactive--all of the links work, the windows scroll up and down; the only thing you're missing is interacting with the speaker in real-time. You can also skip ahead in the PowerPoint and the narration will move right along with you.
Recording of the webinar
Videos shown at the beginning of the webinar
These videos are on Vimeo:
- Anila Quayyum Agha: Intersections
- Cairo Soul
- Damascus: Arab Culture Capital
- Istanbul: With My Eyes Closed
- Projections: Shaykh Zayed Grand Mosque
These two videos are available though Unity Productions Foundation. K-16 educators who plan to screen a video in class can request a free copy (more information here).
- Cities of Light: The Rise and Fall of Islamic Spain (educational companion site here)
- Islamic Art: Mirror of the Invisible World
There are links to additional reading below the transcript on the podcast site.
Materials from the Metropolitan Museum of Art
There's so much stuff here it's hard to know where to begin! Don't miss the "For Educators" page.
Curriculum Resources
Highlights of the Islamic Art collection
MetKids selected items
The "Time Machine" function lets you search by geographic area or time period.
- Narration from MetKids
- Commentary on Mosque Lamps (AudioGuide)
- Crusades and Heraldry (Audioguide, part 2)
Tughra of Suleyman the Magnificent
- Audio description from MetKids
- Commentary on the Carpet (AudioGuide)
- Audio description from MetKids
- Commentary on the Damascus Room from the Director's Tour (AudioGuide)
- Additional commentary on the Damascus Room (AudioGuide)
Smithsonian Institution
Materials are neatly linked here. Do not miss Arts of the Islamic World: A Teacher's Guide.
Materials from the Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Teacher's Resource: Voyage through the Islamic Middle East
Most materials are linked on this page (it's long, and there's a lot here!), including
Teacher's Resource: Maths and Islamic Art & Design
(lots of downloadable templates here)
Teacher's Resouce: Exploring Plant Based Motifs in Islamic Art & Design
Teacher's Resource: Exploring Calligraphy through the Jameel Gallery of Islamic Art
