[Sigmund, Carl and Alfred] “When moved by the power of faith, man created great cathedrals and monuments. There was a time when Islamic art, literature and architecture were grand expressions of man’s potential,” write Sigmund, Carl and Alfred, who have one of the best tag lines I’ve ever seen. “Today, mosques are cold, colorless, severe and drab. What motivates and inspires Muslims today is very different from those earlier expressions of faith.”
[NY Sun] Even people who have not experience Buddhist art can feel the “emotional rush” of a tangka.
[The Hindu] Indian art influence early Tibetan monastery paintings. “The art embodies a vision of compassion which permeates all of early Buddhist, Jain and Hindu art,” says one scholar.
[GS Jones] Notes from an interesting BYU lecture: “Passages from the Qur’an are displayed as artwork on walls, ceilings, and so forth. Muslim art is abstract and geometric, it does not represent something else. This is seen in Muslim architecture. The words of the Qur’an itself are art. Calligraphy (“beautiful writing”) from the Qur’an is art.”
[Jewish Press] Richard McBee’s column addresses Barry Frydlender at MoMA.
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