Blue signifies the impenetrable depths of ... representing status and wealth. The color gold in Islamic architecture reveals the pride and importance given to the faith and its construction.

the Sultan Ahmet mosque (also known as the Blue Mosque) in Istanbul, Turkey; and the turquoise arabesques of the celebrated Shah Mosque in Esfahan, Iran. Islamic architecture has influenced ...

Walls are lavishly covered with superb Byzantine-style mosaics, a million tiny tiles of glittering gold and blue, providing ... the most perfect example of Islamic architecture in India, enormous ...

Vibrant turquoise blue tiles adorn Ulugh Beg Madrasah ... with a particular color that caught my eye in photographs of Islamic domes and mosques. I became obsessed with it. When I began working ...

Iqbal Salahuddin has a passion for Islamic architecture in Spain ... pointing to the hues of blue in the under-construction mosque at a one-kanal site in Salli Town, which is named after his ...

Lu’s determination to find out took him on a journey through hundreds of photographs of Islamic architecture in the ... The main, dark pattern of red and blue lines was very complex and ...

A most striking and interesting blend of Hindu and Islamic architecture is Bhopal's palace ... feature in the built heritage of Bhopal. Blue colour used for signage was inspired by Lapis Lazuli ...

Dr. Sussan Babaie from the Courtauld Institute is an expert in Islamic architecture. She turns the spotlight on two significant monuments of the early medieval period in the Islamic world ...

As a scholar of Islamic art and architecture, Heba Mostafa feels she is in the perfect spot as she joins the Faculty of Arts & Science at the University of Toronto this year. “I’m Canadian, so coming ...