Islamic Aniconism The core of the Hamline-Prater controversy is two paintings of the Prophet Muhammad that the instructor brought to the class to show that Islamic art is “not monolithic.” The ...

Hilye, or calligraphic panel containing a physical description of the Prophet Muhammad made in 1718 in the Galata Palace, Istanbul. Dihya Salim al-Fahim, (1718), via Wikimedia CommonsThe ...

“The Prophet Muhammad at the Gates of Hell,” a painting in a manuscript copy of al-Sara’i’s “Nahj al-Faradis” (”Paths of Paradise”) circa 1465, is on loan from The David Collection ...