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Carol Bier

The NEW Center for the Arts & Religion at the GTU

October 24, 2016

From the Fall 2016 issue of Currents, view PDF

By Elizabeth S. Peña

"Exploring Space in Medieval Islamic Architecture," presentation by Carol Bier

 

Center for Islamic Studies Visiting Scholar Carol Bier will be presenting an invited paper on "Intersecting Polygons/Exploring Space in Medieval Islamic Architecture."  This will be during an all-day special session on Current Areas of Interest in the Mathematical Sciences of Medieval Islam at the Joint Mathematic Meetings (American Mathematics Society and the Math Association of America), to be held at the Convention Center in Seattle in January.

When: January 9, 8am-5pm
Where: Washington State Convention Center, Seattle WA

Art and Design: Islamic Geometric Patterns

Join us at this unique illustrated presentation and hands-on workshop on the art and design of Islamic geometric patterns with Carol Bier, Visiting Scholar with the Center for Islamic Studies at the Graduate Theological Union and former Curator at The Textile Museum in Washington, DC.

After a brief illustrated introduction to Islamic ornament in ceramic tile, carved woodwork, and illuminated manuscripts, we will explore the basic principles that underly geometric patterns in Islamic art through hands-on activities. Using paper-folding and coloring exercises you will learn to visualize circles and centers and the intersecting axes of grids that allow for the repetition of designs to create a pattern. Come to understand the organization of historical designs and find your own forms of expression through the use of color and symmetry.

 

“Geometric Patterns in Islamic Art.”

An illustrated lecture by CIS Visiting Scholar Carol Bier, one of many programs offered as part of the inaugural National Math Festival in Washington DC, sponsored by the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute (Berkeley) and the Institute for Advanced Study (Princeton) in cooperation with Smithsonian Institution. The festival is “dedicated to discovering the delight and power of mathematics in everyday life.”  11AM (repeated at 1PM) Location: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC.

Ex Oriente Lux: Luxury Textiles and Oriental Carpets

Carol Bier, visiting scholar at the GTU's Center for Islamic Studies, will be offering a lecture and discussion at the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco as part of the museum's series on "The Arts of the Islamic World."  Asian Art Museum, 200 Larkin Street, San Francisco, CA 94102

Cultural Equity: Ways of Looking at Islamic Art

Cultural Equity: Ways of Looking at Islamic Art, presentation by Carol Bier

Carol Bier, Islamic Art Historian & Visiting Scholar at the Center for Islamic Studies (GTU)
presentation to be held in Professor Munir Jiwa's Islam in the Public Sphere class

 

Location: Pacific School of Religion (PSR), Mudd 103 

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