PILGRIMAGE
Spiritual Compass
76x101cm
Highly textured mixed media on canvas
This richly textured piece of art shows an astrolabe in opulent golden tones. highlighting its importance in determining the Qibla's location. It displays the extraordinary inventiveness of Muslims who, spurred on by the requirement to ascertain the hours of prayer and the direction of Mecca, painstakingly perfected scientific apparatus like the astrolabe. This work is a prime example of the profound synthesis of science and religion in Islamic history.
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