mid-16th century
Signed by Muhammad Haravi
Safavid period
Opaque watercolor and gold on paper
H: 34.1 W: 24.0 cm
Herat, Afghanistan
Image from Freer & Sackler Galleries Smithsonian's Museums of Asian Art
http://www.asia.si.edu/collections/islamic_highlights.asp
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) is conducting a special initiative, Bridging Cultures, that engages the power of the humanities to promote understanding of and mutual respect for people with diverse histories, cultures, and perspectives within the United States and abroad. The Muslim Journeys Bookshelf is the first in a planned series of Bridging Cultures Bookshelf programs.
Through the Muslim Journeys Bookshelf, NEH and ALA are providing a collection of twenty-five books, three documentary films, a one-year subscription to Oxford Islamic Studies Online, and a DVD of short films titled Islamic Art Spots.
The Bridging Cultures Bookshelf: Muslim Journeys is a project of the National Endowment for the Humanities, conducted in cooperation with the American Library Association. Support was provided by a grant from Carnegie Corporation of New York. Additional support for the arts and media components was provided by the Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art.
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