LibGuides: Art & Art History: Islamic Art Resources

Bridging Cultures

This page was created by Neil Das, Instruction Librarian, and came from a guide that was created to support a grant received at the Forest Park campus as part of the Bridging Cultures Bookshelf: Muslim Journeys from the National Endowment for the Humanities. 2013.

Museums & Directories

Discover Islamic Art
Presented by Museums With No Frontiers
Collections: Arts of the Islamic World
From Freer Sackler: The Smithsonian's Museum of Asian Art
Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History: Islamic Art
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Islamic Art Now: Contemporary Art of the Middle East
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Islamic Art, Music, And Architecture Around The World
An annotated list of resources curated by University of Georgia religion professor Dr. Alan A. Godlas.

Organizations & Periodicals

Historians of Islamic Art Association
"Dedicated to promoting the study and teaching of the art, architecture and archaeology of Islamic cultures world-wide"
Islamic Arts Magazine
"By presenting Islamic art to specialists and the general public, we aim to contribute to a better understanding of Islamic culture. The topics range from traditional to contemporary Islamic art and cover all media."
Nafas Art Magazine
"Since March 2003, this online magazine has presented articles, information, and visual material on current art whose essential point of origin or reference is in the Islamic world. Of course, this also includes the work of artists who live elsewhere, but who see their cultural home in countries and regions shaped by Islam."

Art & Art History

Bridging Cultures

Museums & Directories

Organizations & Periodicals

Selected STLCC Titles

Videos in STLCC Catalog