Islamic Art - The Barakat Trust
60 episodes - English - Latest episode: 2 months ago -Coping with coronavirus’ fruits of boredom? Well, make our Asia House Arts In Isolation series your favourite playlist and belt them out — and open a window so others can hear.Pretty much everything from the Louvre to the NBA has been closed, cancelled or postponed. But it takes more than that to really cancel culture. Because if you can’t visit art, we bring it to you. We can still remain connected to the creative voices who help us make sense of our times.
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Episode 8. The Fascination of Islam - Anna Contadini and Juan de Lara
May 20, 2020 15:00 - 34 minutes - 23.7 MBProfessor Anna Contadini takes us through an evocative journey to discover the fascination and curiosity that Islamic art and intellectual thought inspired in the pre-modern European thinkers and scholars, and how that fascination—led by wonder and awe—resulted in the creation of some of the most beautiful cultural dialogues in the history of mankind. This podcast is part of Asia House Arts in Isolation Series and Converging Paths, an initiative organised in partnership with the Barakat T...
Episode 7. The Crusades - Monarchs and Merchants - Scott Redford and Seif El Rashidi
May 13, 2020 11:00 - 35 minutes - 24.6 MBArchaeologist and professor Scott Redford opens our eyes to better understand the Crusades, a period which is usually seen a bloodshed, but that meant much more than that to the vibrant cultural development of the Mediterranean even to our days.
Episode 6. The Gardens of Palestine - Lara Zureikat and Seif El Rashidi
May 06, 2020 07:00 - 36 minutes - 25.1 MBGardens have had a special place in mankind's history, from the Garden of Eden to the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, humans have always attempted to surround themselves with nature. Gardens in Islam have also been a popular design device that was present in many houses or palaces. The Palestinian Museum Gardens are an exploration of landscape as an expression of identity at the intersection of nature and culture. The gardens represent the dominant role of the natural landscape in Palestinian l...
Episode 5.Ottoman Complexities - With Edhem Eldem and Juan de Lara
April 29, 2020 08:00 - 35 minutes - 24.5 MBEdhem Eldem reflects on the past, multiculturalism and Orientalism taking the Ottoman Empire as a case study. This podcast is part of Asia House Arts in Isolation Series and Converging Paths, an initiative organised in partnership with the Barakat Trust that promotes the arts and cultures of the Islamic World.
Episode 5.East West - With Edhem Eldem and Juan de Lara
April 29, 2020 08:00 - 35 minutes - 24.5 MBEdhem Eldem reflects on the past, multiculturalism and Orientalism taking the Ottoman Empire as a case study. This podcast is part of Asia House Arts in Isolation Series and Converging Paths, an initiative organised in partnership with the Barakat Trust that promotes the arts and cultures of the Islamic World.
Episode 4. God is Beautiful and Loves Beauty – Doris Abouseif and Seif El Rashidi
April 22, 2020 13:00 - 31 minutes - 21.7 MBDoris Abouseif shares her research on concepts of beauty and objects from the Islamic past. This podcast is part of Asia House Arts in Isolation Series and Converging Paths, an initiative organised in partnership with the Barakat Trust that promotes the arts and cultures of the Islamic World.
Episode 4. God is Beautiful and Loves Beauty – Doris Behrens Abouseif and Seif El Rashidi
April 22, 2020 13:00 - 31 minutes - 21.7 MBDoris Abouseif shares her research on concepts of beauty and objects from the Islamic past. This podcast is part of Asia House Arts in Isolation Series and Converging Paths, an initiative organised in partnership with the Barakat Trust that promotes the arts and cultures of the Islamic World.
Episode 3. Art in Peril - With Layla S. Diba and Juan de Lara
April 15, 2020 10:00 - 29 minutes - 20.3 MBThis week's podcast brings you a story of loss, but also of hope. Layla S. Diba narrates her experiences directing the Negarestan Museum in Tehran—and how it was erased from history. She also reflects on the importance of culture in protecting our identity. This podcast is part of Asia House Arts in Isolation Series and Converging Paths, an initiative organised in partnership with the Barakat Trust that promotes the arts and cultures of the Islamic World.
Episode 2. Can we learn from the past? With Nasser O. Rabbat and Seif El Rashidi
April 07, 2020 10:00 - 33 minutes - 23.4 MBBy expanding our experience to the lives of men and women in different times and places, history teaches us valuable things both about others and ourselves. With the current threat of COVID-19, the world seems to navigate towards the unknown. However, we might be able to learn from history? MIT Professor Nasseer O. Rabbat gives his view on the currect socio-economic situation. This podcast is part of Asia House Arts in Isolation Series and Converging Paths, an initiative organised in partne...
Episode 1. New with Old - Islamic Art at The British Museum - Venetia Porter and Juan de Lara
March 30, 2020 15:00 - 28 minutes - 19.3 MBVenetia Porter walks us through her experience curating the Albukhary Foundation Islamic galleries of the British Museum, how the collection grew bigger with contemporary art, how institutions are reacting to the coronavirus threat and what is making the young further engage with heritage and culture. This podcast is part of Asia House Arts in Isolation Series and Converging Paths, an initiative organised in partnership with the Barakat Trust that promotes the arts and cultures of the Islam...