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Islamic artBy: Muddather Al FaqyiIslamic Art, with itsoriginality and nobility,is considered to be thesource of inspirationfor contemporary art.European artists havefound in Islamic art a lot ofdecorative and aestheticqualities in the contextof interest in the Islamicarts. Recently, the CulturalFoundation in Abu Dhabiestablished an exhibitionentitled “Islamic Art ofCalouste GulbenkianGroup «. His HighnessSheikh Dr. Sultan Bin KhalifaBin Zayed Al Nahayaninaugurated the openingceremony. The group ofIslamic Art, in CalousteGulbenkian Museum canbe considered the mostimportant masterpiecescollection of theGulbenkian, which includesthe artistic productionof Persia, Turkey, Syria,Caucasus, and India, fromthe late twelfth century tothe eighteenth century AD.The works chosen for thisExhibition are importantdecorative arts for those42An Islamic Periodical Magazine - Issue No 18 June 2010