Join the Kingston Community Library for an epic journey
across nine countries and over 1,400 years of history on Thursday January 23,
2014 at 2:00 PM as part of the Bridging
Cultures: Understanding the Middle East & What it Means Today program
series. Professors Jonathan Bloom and Sheila Blair will lead a film discussion on
Islamic Art: Mirror of the Invisible
World. The program will touch on themes such as the Word, Space, Ornament,
Color and Water, as well as the stories behind many great masterworks of
Islamic Art and Architecture. Explore the richness of Islamic art in objects
big and small, from palaces and monumental mosques to ceramics, paintings and
metal work.
Professors Bloom and Blair received their doctorates in
Islamic Art from Harvard University. They shared the Hamad bin Khalifa Endowed
Chair of Islamic Art at Virginia Commonwealth University and the Norma Jean
Calderwood University Chair of Islamic and Asian Art at Boston College.
Together, they have written many books on the subject of Islamic Art.
Bridging Cultures:
Understanding the Middle East & What it Means Today is a dynamic
program series made possible by three generous grants, two from both the
American Library Association and National Endowment for the Humanities and one
from the New Hampshire Humanities Council.
