Museum with No Frontiers: Discover Islamic Art
The V&A is one of 17 museums across Europe and the Mediterranean participating in a visionary project called Discover Islamic Art. Developed by the Brussels-based consortium Museum With No Frontiers, this groundbreaking online 'virtual museum' brings together over 1200 works of Islamic art and architecture into a single database.
The collection is very broad, with objects in museums from Spain to Syria. This means that each work can be considered alongside related objects and monuments that in real life may be separated by thousands of miles. Entries written by local scholars provide information about the origin and meaning of the objects, as well as brief bibliographies for further reading.
High-resolution images are accessible at the click of a mouse, enabling the visitor to see objects in greater detail than is often possible in a museum setting.
Click here to go to the Discover Islamic Art website
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Mon 12 September 2011–Mon 26 March 2012
COURSE: Discover the Arts of Asia, 1500–1900 in this popular Year Course focusing on the rich diversity of artistic traditions found within the vast territories of the Islamic Middle East, South Asia and China. You can book the full course, or select individual terms or days. Mondays, 12 September 2011 – 16 July 2012 (over 3 terms)
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