The Algerian artist Baya Mahieddine was self-taught, and her distinctive aesthetic influenced Pablo Picasso and Henri Matisse. Women, color and... Show moreThe Algerian artist Baya Mahieddine was self-taught, and her distinctive aesthetic influenced Pablo Picasso and Henri Matisse. Women, color and Mediterranean light are key recurring elements in her work, which is populated by fantastic creatures recalling those in the beloved classics of Islamic literature: the Shahnameh, Kalila Wa Dimna and the One Thousand and One Nights. The item is signed and dated. Title devised by Library staff. Main Heritage Display General HC.GM.2018.0002 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i24902160 BIB-ID: 2608256 Show less
Women, Arab, Women, Arab--Pictorial works, Court and courtiers--Clothing, History--Social life and customes
Title and date devised by Library staff. Main Heritage Compact General HC.GM.2020.0023 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i26127878 BIB-ID: 2749313 Show moreTitle and date devised by Library staff. Main Heritage Compact General HC.GM.2020.0023 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i26127878 BIB-ID: 2749313 Show less
Freya Stark was an Anglo-Italian explorer and travel writer. Her father was British. She wrote more than two dozen books on her travels in the... Show moreFreya Stark was an Anglo-Italian explorer and travel writer. Her father was British. She wrote more than two dozen books on her travels in the Middle East and Afghanistan. She was one of the first non-Arabs to travel through the southern Arabian Desert. In 1934, Stark sailed down the Red Sea to Aden intending to trace the frankincense route of the Hadhramaut, the hinterland of southern Arabia. She published her account of the region in three books, The Southern Gates of Arabia: A Journey in the Hadhramaut (1936), Seen In The Hadhramaut (1938) and A Winter in Arabia (1940). The shrine in the photograph could be located either in Tarim or Seiyun. Title and date devised by Library staff. Later print. Main Heritage Office General HC.HP.2020.0022 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i2611852x BIB-ID: 2745833 Show less
Title and date devised by Library staff. Plate number 163. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2013.0001-0063 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i21953685 BIB-ID:... Show moreTitle and date devised by Library staff. Plate number 163. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2013.0001-0063 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i21953685 BIB-ID: 2346536 Show less