Category Archives: Art

By Compass and Straightedge

Posted on January 22, 2014 by Muller

Update below. Readers may have noticed that I have attributed considerable recreational time on this blog to conceive and convey quasi-periodic patterns on ancient Islamic buildings. Following a first visit of Esfahan’s Darb-i Imam shrine in the old city in … Continue reading →

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Depiction of the Prophet Muhammad Under Mongolian Occupation

Posted on January 12, 2014 by Muller

A hardly deniable cultural and, in particular, intellectual decline in the Islamic World began when, in 1258 CE, Baghdad had been sacked by the Mongolian Emperor Hülegü Khan (d. 1265), grandson of Chengis Khan. Hülegü was the brother of Möngke Khan … Continue reading →

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The World as it is Today

Posted on March 14, 2011 by Muller

  Fin de Siècle, Pamela J. Crook 1998.   Last modified March 14, 2011.

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Caught in Time

Posted on October 9, 2010 by Muller

Russian photographer Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii who lived 1863-1944 had used James Clerk Maxwell’s invention to produce color photographs for his Tsar-endorsed survey of the Russian Empire. Maxwell (d. 1879) had used three subsequent exposures with red, green and blue filters, respectively. … Continue reading →

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Judas’ Kiss

Posted on April 3, 2010 by Muller

On yesterday’s Good Friday, I stumbled across Ukrainian Artist Andriy Dutka’s almost iconic “Judas’ Kiss” of 1990. It can be viewed at Wurzburg’s “Museum am Dom”. When earnestly considering Judas’ role in the Gospel, his betrayal and kiss were undoubtedly … Continue reading →

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