Substrate

A working library of design, type, and visual culture.

739 works match

Cengiz Yar documents the de-mining efforts in the city of Mosul

The classical and the crude combine to represent the multiple facets of The Arab City

Dripping in “Arab nostalgia”, 3asal mag platforms MENA creatives who are abandoning conformity and thrashing outdated stereotypes

Field of Dreams: Dave Imms photographs the Little League baseball players of Hawaii

Bokja's crafty Arab Spring inspired textiles are oddly compelling

Arab pop music meets 80s video game aesthetics in Moath Bin Hafez’s pixel art creations

Parkview Square from Arab Street

The personal is political: Haitham Haddad’s journey to bring Arabic back to public spaces in Palestine

Sword (Saif) with Scabbard

Old Arab Bank building Amman

Textile Fragment

Textile Fragment

Tombs of Great Arab Saints to be seen in the Neighborhood of Rosetta, Egypt

Bowl with Arabic Inscription, "Blessing, Prosperity, Well-being, Happiness"

Bowl with Arabic Proverb

Rebab

Spear

Guenbri

Guenbri

Gumuri

Girdle Clasp

Pendant with Fishes and Amulets, Part of a Set

Pendant with Fishes and Amulets, Part of a Set

Pendant with Coins, One of a Pair

Pendant with Fishes and Amulets, Part of a Set

Pendant with Fishes and Amulets, Part of a Set

Pendant with Coins, One of a Pair

Pendant

Ring

Nay

Ring

"Prophet Muhammad Preaching", Folio from a Maqtal-i Al-i Rasul of Lami'i Chelebi

Sword with Scabbard

Tripod Candlestick

Three-Footed Bowl

Candlestick Base with Interlacing Dragons

Vase with Five Discs

"The Elephant Clock", Folio from a Book of the Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices by al-Jazari

"Design for a Clock in the Form of an Elephant with an Indian Driver", Folio from a Book of the Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices by al-Jazari

"Figure for Use at Drinking Parties", Folio from a Book of the Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices by al-Jazari

Fragmentary Plate with Engraved Designs

Goblet with Incised Designs

Jar

"Design for a Cup to Serve Wine at Drinking Parties", Folio from a Book of the Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices by al-Jazari

"Design for the Water Clock of the Peacocks", from the Kitab fi ma'rifat al-hiyal al-handasiyya (Book of the Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices) by Badi' al-Zaman b. al Razzaz al-Jazari

"Design on Each Side for Waterwheel Worked by Donkey Power", Folio from a Book of the Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices by al-Jazari

Textile Medallion

Bottle

Jar

Ewer

Ewer

Flask

Ewer

Ewer

Ewer

Pendant

Cup

Qur'an Manuscript

Roundel

Cylinder seal with chariot hunting scene and Old South Arabian inscription

Jar with Carved Benedictory Arabic Inscription in Thuluth Script

Bottle with Molded Designs of Animals

Textile Fragment

Fragmentary Cup with Molded Designs in the Beveled Style

Textile Fragment

Textile Fragment

Spheroconical Vessel

Spheroconical Vessel

Bowl

Candlestick Base

Textile Fragment

Ceramic Fragment

Ceramic Fragment

Fragments of Polychrome Luster Vessels

Ceramic Fragment

Fragment of a Bowl

Ceramic Fragment

Ceramic Fragment

Ceramic Fragment

Ceramic Fragment