Twice a year I follow the auctions of the Islamic Art Week in London: I note down in my agenda the auction dates, browse the online catalogs, take notes on the lots on sale, save on Pinterest my favorites, and I check the final results. I do all this not because I am a collector,…
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Tughra, the unbearable beauty of a signature… and its customization
Just say ‘Islamic calligraphy’ or google it, sooner or later (most probably sooner), a tughra will appear. I admit I never took tughras in much consideration when studying Islamic art: to me they were simply signatures of the sultans, surely useful to date letters, inscriptions and objects. But nothing more. Then I’ve starting facing the Islamic…
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