Artistic Characteristics exhibition at Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque - in pictures
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'Artistic Characteristics – Elegant Calligraphy and Inspiring Features' is at the visitors' centre at Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi. All photos: Victor Besa / The National. -
The Mosque of Cordoba. -
The visitors' centre, or Dome One, at Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi. -
Examples of decorative art from Arabia. -
Islamic architecture from Egypt and Palestine. -
A photo of Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque by a female student at the Higher Colleges of Technology who majored in media. Photo: Mouza Abdulsalam Alkhazraji. -
Mosque du Sultan Hassan in Cairo. -
A visitor to the exhibition at Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi. -
An illustration of Cairo by Robert Hay, the Scottish explorer and early Egyptologist. -
Artwork using muhaqqaq script by calligrapher Abbas Al-Baghdadi. -
Caligraphy artwork using the koufi script. -
Mosque du Sultan Hassan in Cairo. -
Dome One, the visitors' centre at Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi. -
Decorative art from Arabia. -
Asian carpets. -
The Mosque of Cordoba. -
From an illustrated catalogue showing the Alfred Chester Beatty collection of Indian miniatures.
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